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Erwin Wurm (b. 1954), C-Print, ‘One Minute Sculptures‘, 1997

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,500.00 EUR Estimated At:2,400.00 - 3,000.00 EUR
Erwin Wurm (b. 1954), C-Print, ‘One Minute Sculptures‘, 1997
3 C-Prints, laid on cardboard
Austria, 1997
Erwin Wurm (b. 1954) – Austrian artist
Numbered, signed and dated with pencil lower right ‘9/X E. Wurm 97’
Copy of the famous series ‘One Minute Sculptures’
Overall dimensions (including the cardboard): 50 x 75 cm
Very good condition
Provenance: Private collection, Germany
Erwin Wurm achieved a worldwide reputation with his so called ‘One Minute Sculptures’; single photographs of these very brief performances may fetch up to 10,000 Euros at international auctions

This work comprises three color photographs of Erwin Wurm’s famous ‘One Minute Sculptures’. This presentation is limited to an exclusive number of ten and is numbered, signed and dated by the artist. Although 60 seconds may seem extremely short for the presentation of a classic sculpture, the physical act of remaining in the same pose for 60 seconds is not as easy as it may sound. The active participation of the visitor supplies the work with its meaning and at the same time the participant becomes an art work himself for the short period of 60 seconds. Erwin Wurm takes on the tradition of performance art by the likes of Piero Manzoni or for example Yoko Ono.

The photographs are laid on cardboard which shows the printed title ‘One Minute Sculptures’ lower center. The work is numbered, signed and dated with pencil lower right ‘9/X E. Wurm 97’. Verso, the cardboard shows some scattered crease marks to the edges. The overall dimensions of the work including the cardboard are 50 x 75 cm.



Erwin Wurm (b. 1954)

Erwin Wurm was born in Styria in 1954. From 1977 to 1979 he attended the Mozarteum in Salzburg, from 1979 to 1982 he studied at the Academy of Applied Arts and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. The artist became famous in the 1980s for his performative ‘One Minute Sculptures’ for which he instructed random persons to interact with everyday objects in front of the camera. The humorous sculptures by the Austrian are mostly of alienated everyday objects in unfamiliar contexts enticing new associations. Erwin Wurm has been honored with numerous awards. His works can be found in the collections of the Guggenheim Museum and MoMA in New York, the Walker Art Center in Minnesota, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Wurm now lives and works in Vienna and Limberg. (cbo)
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