Günther Uecker

Traffic Paint, 1966

Nail, wood, white colour
17,5 × 12,5 × 2,5 cm
Ex.-Nr. 20/2000
Signed and numbered on a label on the verso
Provenance:
Kineticism Press, New York, 1966
Literature:
Dorothea und Martin van der Koelen, Günther Uecker, Opus liber, Verzeichnis der bibliophilen Bücher und Werke 1960-2005, Mainz 2007, S. 46f.
Britta Julia Dombrowe, Redepflicht und Schweigefluss: Zur Gestalt, Bedeutung und Funktion von Günther Ueckers Bibliophilen Werken, Bd. 1: Werkverzeichnis der bibliophilen Werke von Günther Uecker, Mainz 2006, S. 7, Nr. BW 66003 III.
- One-nail multiple that Günther Uecker created in New York in 1966, where he rented a studio that year
where he rented a studio and had a solo exhibition at the Howard Wise Gallery. In New
York, he collaborates with Willoughby Sharp (1936 - 2008), founder together with Paul
Maenz of the independent publishing house Kineticism Press, who publishes the multiple together with a
Uecker (Günther Uecker - 10 Years of a Kineticist's Work).

- Günther Uecker's relief-like nail pictures, nail sculptures and embossed prints represent a
innovative contribution to the development of art after 1945.

- Uecker is one of the internationally important and widely recognised German artists
of the 2nd half of the 20th century. His works are represented in museum collections worldwide.

- The originally planned edition of 2000 multiples was not realised.