28 - Frank O. Gehry, attributed

Frank O. Gehry, attributed (Toronto 1929 – 2025 Santa Monica), construction sketch, pen-and-ink drawing in sepia on chamois-colored paper from a sketchbook, with various notes in another hand on the reverse, 16.3 x 12 cm, mounted on backing board and set under glass with a mat in a white anodized aluminum frame, overall size: 28 x 28 cm. Limit 216,- Bernhard Focht attributed this unsigned drawing to Frank O. Gehry and viewed it in connection with the buildings at Düsseldorf’s Media Harbor. Apparently, these are construction sketches of the window boxes projecting from the facade, which are a distinctive feature of the three Düsseldorf buildings inaugurated in 1999. A note on the back refers to the architect and politician Walter Sauermilch (1935–2022), as well as to another aspect—namely, education: “You have to sell. But the profession can only be saved through quality (education).”