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Andreas Gursky (B. 1955)
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Andreas Gursky (B. 1955)

Zürich Bankproject No. 5

Closed14 February 2013

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GBP 127,250

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Andreas Gursky (B. 1955)
Zürich Bankproject No. 5
each: signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Andreas Gursky. Zürich Bankprojekt No. 5 '97 3/5' (on the reverse)
chromogenic coupler print face-mounted to Plexiglas in artist's frame, in two parts
image, each: 36 1/8 x 45 7/8in. (91.7 x 116.5cm.)
overall, each: 52 x 61in. (132 x 155cm.)
Executed in 1997, this work is number three from an edition of five

Mai 36 Gallerie, Zurich.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1998.

Specialist note

'I want my motifs to look as though I could have photographed them anywhere. The places are not meant to be specifically described, but are meant to function more as metaphors. I am interested in global viewpoints, in today's social utopias'.
(A. Gursky, quoted in Andreas Gursky, exh. cat., Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel 2007, p. 85).