Not Vital *1948
9, 2009
Mischtechnik auf Papier
unten rechts signiert und datier…

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Not Vital 1948 9, 2009 Mischtechnik auf Papier unten rechts signiert und datiert Not Vital 09 unten links bezeichnet 9 43.2 x 35.5 cm This lot is also subject to 8.1% VAT on the hammer price.

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Not Vital *1948

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Estim. 3 500 - 3 700 CHF

NOT VITAL (Sent, Switzerland, 1948). "Di & Not".2023. Portfolio of 10 aquatint etchings, copy P.A. VII/VII. VFO edition. Signed and justified by hand. Measurements: 40,5 x 40,5 cm. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the VFO Edition, the artist Not Vital created several folders under the title "DI & NOT". The set consists of ten filigree photogravures with elevations of works from the Scarch project series. Scarch, explains the artist, "is the name of an art form that bridges the gap between sculpture and architecture, usually monumental in format and designed for a specific purpose. Scarch is created when sculpture and architecture scratch each other". Not Vital is a Swiss multidisciplinary artist: graphic art, painting, sculpture and architecture. Not Vital came into contact with art through local art historian Max Huggler. From 1968 to 1969 he studied at the Centre universitaire expérimental de Vincennes in Paris. In 1974 he moved to New York, where he lived until 2012, apart from regular stays in Lucca (Italy), Agadez (Niger) and Sent. He met Willem de Kooning, with whom he worked as an assistant during his first years in the United States. He created his first three-dimensional works in the 1980s. Vital's works - of various techniques and genres - are exhibited in major museums and galleries, as well as in public spaces around the world. In his park Not dal mot in Sent, for example, Eselsbrücke, Turm der Stille and Eishaus, among others, are installed. The foundation (fundaziun Not Vital) in Ardez aims to return 17th- and 18th-century prints in particular to their place of origin as part of a retromanic library. The foundation also has an art collection with its own works and those of other artists. The Chur architect Men Duri Arquint remodeled the Planta de Wildenberg house for the foundation. In 2010, he participated in the competition to redesign the presbytery of St. Gallen Cathedral. He won the Art-et-Architecture competition with his sculpture No Problem for the Mobimo Tower skyscraper in Zurich, completed in 2011.

Estim. 400 - 800 CHF

Headdress, "ere egungun olode" Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Wood, textile. H 25 cm. Provenance: Gérald Minkoff (1937-2009) and Muriel Olesen (1948-2020), Geneva. Mask of the egungun covenant, which regulated relations between the ancestors and the living. The Egungun Bund ensures that the ancestors are honoured with prayers, sacrifices and the organization of festivals with mask performances. The Egungun masks used vary from place to place; the one offered here shows a hunter with his typical side braid hairstyle. The ancestors are among the most important forces influencing the human world of the Yoruba. The goal of human existence does not lie in a happy afterlife, but in a life on earth in a vital community that grows larger and stronger with each generation. The ancestors want their life force to return to the community through newborn children. They embody the only cosmic forces that have a strong interest in the prosperity and well-being of the community. They warn its living members through dreams or the oracle when the community is in danger. In the form of egungun masks, they come to the town every year to cleanse the community of criminals and witches. The oversized tuft of hair depicted on these masks is considered a symbol of the hunters. The dancers wore the masks on their heads and the costume was attached to the wooden sculpture. The dress consisted of a multitude of patchwork-like layers of fabric in different colors and patterns, which spread out impressively when the dancer turned quickly. Further reading: Homberger, Lorenz et al. (1991). Yoruba. Zurich: Museum Rietberg. -------------------------------------------- Gérald Minkoff and Muriel Olesen Muriel Minkoff-Olesen (1948- 2020) completed her training at the School of Design in Geneva. Gérald Minkoff (1937-2009) was a trained anthropologist and biologist. Both achieved fame as artists, and from their meeting in 1967, the emblematic couple of contemporary art became inseparable. The travel-loving Olesen-Minkoff duo explored life like curious nomads, roaming the globe from Africa to Asia, Oceania, America and Patagonia. As artists and experienced collectors of contemporary art, they understandably had a keen sensitivity to the aesthetics and concepts of non-European art. The couple's Geneva apartment, perhaps their most beautiful joint work, thus became a place where the works of close friends such as Daniel Spoerri, Arman and Man Ray, as well as their own photographs, lived together with almost a thousand objects from Africa, Oceania, Asia and South America. CHF 400 / 800 Weight in grams: 1353 Condition: The condition (any wear, signs of use, tears, any other deterioration and the signs of age etc.) of this lot can be seen in the photos we have uploaded for your documentation. If you have any questions about this item, please do not hesitate to contact Hammer Auctions ([email protected]). The information regarding the condition of the items provided for the convenience of interested parties is an opinion only and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Hammer Auctions accepts no responsibility for any errors or omissions. In the rare event that the item does not match the description in the catalog, Hammer Auctions is here to help. Buyers may return the lot for a full refund provided they notify Hammer Auctions within 5 days of receiving the lot.

Starting price 100 EUR

A. CLOSS (1840-1894), View from Olevano, 1879, Wood engraving Adolf Closs (1840 Stuttgart - 1894 ibid.): View of Olevano with figures on the path, 1879, Wood engraving Technique: Wood engraving on Paper Inscription: lower left monogrammed: "AC", rechts unten signiert A. Closs XJ QUAA[?]". lower left dated: "1879". Date: 1879 Description: Picturesque view of Olevano Romano. In the foreground, some figures on the road through the mountains. Keywords: Italy, Lazio, Olevano Romano, artists' settlement, landscape painting, Monte Celeste, village, 19th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Italy, Size: Paper: 27,2 cm x 35,1 cm (10,7 x 13,8 in), Depiction: 19,0 cm x 24,9 cm (7,5 x 9,8 in) Condition: Good condition. Significantly light-stained and pale foxing. Neatly trimmed along the right edge of the sheet.

Starting price 250 EUR

E. FÜRSTENAU (*1862), View of the Alps, around 1920, Watercolor Eduard Fürstenau (1862 Marburg - 1938 Berlin): Landscape sketch View over green meadows and alpine lake to snow-covered mountains, c. 1920, Watercolor Technique: Watercolor on Paper Inscription: Verso inscribed by the artist's hand: "Camphor[?], Blick auf La Maryna[?]". Date: c. 1920 Description: View over green meadows soft hills and blue alpine lake to snow-covered mountains. Sketch with unfinished areas. Sheet comes from the artist's estate. Please note our other offers Provenance: From the estate of the artist. Keywords: Alpine landscape, Alps, nature, natural landscape, mountains, snow, mountain lake. Meadows, 20th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany, Size: Paper: 24,4 cm x 33,2 cm (9,6 x 13,1 in) Condition: Very good condition. The colour has rubbed off slightly in the centre left at the height of the clouds. The sheet is slightly stained

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