510 - Günther Uecker* (Wendorf 1930 - 2025 Düsseldorf)

Günther Uecker* (Wendorf 1930 - 2025 Düsseldorf) Cactus, 1986 lithography/paper 29,5 x 17,5 cm signed Uecker, dated 86 numbered 82/150 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 300 - 600 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 300 Günther Uecker is one of the most significant figures in post-war German art, the Düsseldorf avant-garde, and the international artist group ZERO. His body of work encompasses his characteristic nail pictures and nail reliefs, as well as object art, installations, light objects, kinetic art, and prints. Through his textured surfaces, he explored the interplay of light and shadow, movement and rhythm, perception and perspective, as well as the effects of space and material. Thematically, he also engaged with spirituality, transience, war, violence, destruction, memory, and the concept of peace. Key artistic peers and influential figures in his life include Heinz Mack and Otto Piene, as well as Yves Klein, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, Jean Tinguely, Enrico Castellani, Jesús Rafael Soto, and François Morellet. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights and platform fee. In the case of normal taxation (marked ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer's premium and platform fee. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.