483 - Franz Erhard Walther, portfolio comprising 6 signed offset lithographs from 1972

Franz Erhard Walther, portfolio comprising 6 signed offset lithographs from 1972 Franz Erhard Walther, *1939 Fulda, portfolio comprising 6 offset lithographs, sheet size 64.5 x 48.5 cm each, signed on the reverse without frame About the artist: 1957-59: Studied at the Werkkunstschule in Offenbach am Main (now the Offenbach University of Art and Design) and 1959-61 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Frankfurt. 1962-64: Studied under Karl Otto Götz at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, inter alia alongside Gerhard Richter and Sigmar Polke. From 1967 to 1971, he lived in New York, where, in 1969, he exhibited the famous ‘1st Set of Works’ for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art, inter alia alongside Dan Flavin. From 1971 to 2005, he taught as a professor at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts. For several years now, Walther’s work has been gaining increasing international recognition. With his participatory art, he has been regarded as one of the key figures in contemporary art since the 1960s. At the 2017 Venice Biennale, he was awarded the Golden Lion for Best Artist.