671 - WALTHER, FRANZ ERHARD

WALTHER, FRANZ ERHARD 1939 Fulda Title: Plastic – 5 Stufen. Date: 1967-1982. Technique: Green cotton fabric with four wooden boards sewn into it, as well as pockets with ribbons and flaps on the outside, sewn together to form a square. Comes with an original white fabric bag . Measurement: Ca. 109 x 109 x 19 cm cm. This work is item no. 33 from the 58-piece “Ersten Werksatz”, which the artist created in the 1960s. There are eight complete sets of works, while the works from five further sets were sold individually. This work is from an edition of five. The exact edition number is unknown. Literature: - Adriani, Götz: Franz Erhard Walther - Arbeiten 1955-1963. Materialien zum 1. Werksatz 1963-1969, Cologne 1972, no. 33, ill. without page numbers (here titled: Plastik - 5 Stufen) - Lange, Sabine: Der erste Werksatz 1963-1969 von Franz Erhald Walter, Frankfurt a.M. 1991, no. 33, ill. p. 50 (here titled: Plastik - Stufen) - Weibel, Peter (ed.): Franz Erhard Walther - Objekte benutzen, Cologne 2014, no. 33, p. 248ff with ill. (here titled: Objekt um Brutalität zu verstehen) - Hoban, Stephen/ Kivland,Kelly/Raymond,Yasmil (eds.): Franz Erhard Walther - First Work Set, London 2016, no. 33, ill. p. 208 (here titled: Plastik - 5 Stufen) Estimated shipping costs for this lot: The lot is unsuitable for parcel shipping. Transport only by shipping company after consultation following the auction. additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: max. 41.65 Euro over a total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: 1.8 o/oo USA by individual arrangement after the auction. #Franz Erhard Walther #Conceptual Art #Germany #Post-War Art #Scultpures. In accordance with §26 UrhG (German Copyright Act), VAN HAM is obliged to pay a statutory resale royalty on the sale proceeds of all original works of fine art and photography whose authors have not been deceased for 70 years prior to the end of the calendar year of the sale. The buyer shall contribute 1.5% of the hammer price to this fee.