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THOMAS SCHÜTTE (B. 1954)
Lot 160

THOMAS SCHÜTTE (B. 1954)

Untitled (Ceramic Sketch)

Closed1 July 2015

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GBP 62,500

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THOMAS SCHÜTTE (B. 1954)
Untitled (Ceramic Sketch)
glazed ceramic relief on wooden base
ceramic: 4 ½ x 12 ½ x 12 ½in. (11.4 x 31.8 x 31.8cm.)
overall: 43 ¾ x 32 ¾ x 32 ¾in. (111.1 x 83.2 x 83.2cm.)
Executed in 1997-1999

Private Collection, Europe.
Zwirner & Wirth, New York (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

I like the small scale of the model because you have the whole world inside a room or on a table top.’
(T. Schütte, quoted in L. Cooke, ‘Turning the Tables’, in Thomas Schütte: Hindsight, exh. cat., Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2010, p. 23).