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Adolf Luther *


Adolf Luther * - Současné umění

(Uerdingen 1912–1990 Krefeld)
Spherical concave mirror object, signed and dated Luther 69 on the reverse, 3 x 3 round half-transparent concave mirrors on plane mirror, laid down on panel, 118.5 x 118 x 5.3 cm, in Plexiglas box, (PS)

Watch Video: Contemporary Art | November 2015 | Austrian and German Artists

The work has been registered by the Adolf Luther Foundation, Krefeld, under the archive no. HSP 69/008

Provenance:
Private Collection, North Rhine-Westphalia
- directly from the artist in the 1970s

The instrumental function of these spherical concave mirror objects by Adolf Luther ‘lies in the fact that they multiply a given reality and, by their powers of reflection, produce a light-like phenomenality that reaches out into the actual space in front of the materiality of the object. Vital here was the principle known to physics that images entering a concave mirror are refracted and projected back into space, albeit upside down,
as a pure energetic manifestation. This is a baffling and fascinating experience for the viewer to behold. For the artist, it was visible proof of the invisible reality of light – a proof of the reality of immaterial light in contrast to the world of matter. Licht und Materie – light and matter – the polar world picture that informed his concept of light had found here its visual expression.’(1)

(1) Magdalena Broska, Adolf Luther. A Remarkable Career as an Artist, Goch 2012, p. 68

Expert: Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers
+49 211 2107747

petra.schaepers@dorotheum.de

25.11.2015 - 18:00

Dosažená cena: **
EUR 125.000,-
Odhadní cena:
EUR 50.000,- do EUR 70.000,-

Adolf Luther *


(Uerdingen 1912–1990 Krefeld)
Spherical concave mirror object, signed and dated Luther 69 on the reverse, 3 x 3 round half-transparent concave mirrors on plane mirror, laid down on panel, 118.5 x 118 x 5.3 cm, in Plexiglas box, (PS)

Watch Video: Contemporary Art | November 2015 | Austrian and German Artists

The work has been registered by the Adolf Luther Foundation, Krefeld, under the archive no. HSP 69/008

Provenance:
Private Collection, North Rhine-Westphalia
- directly from the artist in the 1970s

The instrumental function of these spherical concave mirror objects by Adolf Luther ‘lies in the fact that they multiply a given reality and, by their powers of reflection, produce a light-like phenomenality that reaches out into the actual space in front of the materiality of the object. Vital here was the principle known to physics that images entering a concave mirror are refracted and projected back into space, albeit upside down,
as a pure energetic manifestation. This is a baffling and fascinating experience for the viewer to behold. For the artist, it was visible proof of the invisible reality of light – a proof of the reality of immaterial light in contrast to the world of matter. Licht und Materie – light and matter – the polar world picture that informed his concept of light had found here its visual expression.’(1)

(1) Magdalena Broska, Adolf Luther. A Remarkable Career as an Artist, Goch 2012, p. 68

Expert: Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers
+49 211 2107747

petra.schaepers@dorotheum.de


Horká linka kupujících Po-Pá: 10.00 - 17.00
kundendienst@dorotheum.at

+43 1 515 60 200
Aukce: Současné umění
Typ aukce: Salónní aukce
Datum: 25.11.2015 - 18:00
Místo konání aukce: Wien | Palais Dorotheum
Prohlídka: 14.11. - 25.11.2015


** Kupní cena vč. poplatku kupujícího a DPH

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