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Markus Raetz

( Swiss, 1941 )

Gyroskop (gyroscope)

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Materials:

briar branches, modelling paste, painted wood and motor on painted plinth

Size Notes:

21.25 x 23.625 x 11,3.4in. (54 x 60 x 30cm.)

Edition:

Executed in 1995-1999, this work is number three from a series of six, each unique, plus one artist's proof

Markings:

signed with the artist's initials, titled, numbered and dated 'GIROSKOP M. R. 1995-1999 3/6' (on the underside)

Exhibited:

Chicago, Arts Club of Chicago, Markus Raetz, 2001 (another version exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Amherst, University of Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Osaka, National Museum of Art, Mirrorical Returns: Marcel Duchamp and 20th Century Art, 2004, no. 113 (another version exhibited, illustrated, pp. 160-161). This exhibition later travelled to Yokohama, Yokohama Museum of Art. Nîmes, Carré d'Art - Musée d'art contemporain de Nîmes, Markus Raetz, 2006, no. 44 (another version exhibited, illustrated, p. 107).

Provenance:

Farideh Cadot Associés, Paris. Acquired from the above by the present owner.

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