Adolf Luther *
(Uerdingen 1912–1990 Krefeld)
Optogon – Concave mirror object, 1967, titled, signed, dated on the reverse Luther 1967, mirror object, round concave mirrors in two layers, cardboard, wood, aluminum frame, plexiglass, 86 x 132 x 9 cm, framed
Provenance:
Collection Lutz Etzold, Moers
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 3.12.2010, Lot 88
Private Collection, Berlin - acquired from the above
“The objects, described by Adolf Luther himself as concave mirror objects […] are equally objects and instruments […]. For every concave mirror object is first and foremost an instrument. It faces the room in front of it, which it both reflects and optically dynamises. […] In addition, Luther’s concave mirror objects reflect not only the space before them, but also any movements. Anyone standing fairly close to Luther’s concave mirror object experiences the brightly immaterial, unphotographable concreteness of this ‘fore image’ rather like a resistance. Luther’s aim is to reveal the light in the room as energy by means of instruments invented by the artist himself.”
Max Imdahl, in: Erläuterungen zur Modernen Kunst, ed. by Norbert Kunisch, Bochum 1990, p. 155 f.
Specialist: Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers
Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers
petra.schaepers@dorotheum.de
25.11.2020 - 16:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 55,000.- to EUR 70,000.-
Adolf Luther *
(Uerdingen 1912–1990 Krefeld)
Optogon – Concave mirror object, 1967, titled, signed, dated on the reverse Luther 1967, mirror object, round concave mirrors in two layers, cardboard, wood, aluminum frame, plexiglass, 86 x 132 x 9 cm, framed
Provenance:
Collection Lutz Etzold, Moers
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 3.12.2010, Lot 88
Private Collection, Berlin - acquired from the above
“The objects, described by Adolf Luther himself as concave mirror objects […] are equally objects and instruments […]. For every concave mirror object is first and foremost an instrument. It faces the room in front of it, which it both reflects and optically dynamises. […] In addition, Luther’s concave mirror objects reflect not only the space before them, but also any movements. Anyone standing fairly close to Luther’s concave mirror object experiences the brightly immaterial, unphotographable concreteness of this ‘fore image’ rather like a resistance. Luther’s aim is to reveal the light in the room as energy by means of instruments invented by the artist himself.”
Max Imdahl, in: Erläuterungen zur Modernen Kunst, ed. by Norbert Kunisch, Bochum 1990, p. 155 f.
Specialist: Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers
Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers
petra.schaepers@dorotheum.de
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| Auction: | Contemporary Art I |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
| Date: | 25.11.2020 - 16:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | online |