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Lot 68
THOMAS SCHÜTTE (B. 1954)
Zwei schwarze Zitronen Two Black Lemons
Closed11 February 2014
Price Realised
GBP 98,500
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An example of how Thomas Schutte succeeds in transforming a simple object from everyday reality, like a common lemon, into a fascinating work. A couple of lemons: one shiny black, the other opaque and in a colour that is heading towards brown. Although in different ways, the surfaces of both are slightly rough in appearance, evoking the rind of the lemon.
They came into the collection after the "Innocenti", and it is strange that, seeing them, we both thought of Fontana's "Natures". Perhaps because of their position on the ground, perhaps because, on a stand at a fair, they expressed an "authority" that was alien to the other works present. The material is an extremely hard, heavy and resistant ceramic that only Schutte could have chosen to represent the lemons. You feel like rolling them across the floor, so perfect is their form. But don't worry, we've never done so: we've always taken great care of them.
They came into the collection after the "Innocenti", and it is strange that, seeing them, we both thought of Fontana's "Natures". Perhaps because of their position on the ground, perhaps because, on a stand at a fair, they expressed an "authority" that was alien to the other works present. The material is an extremely hard, heavy and resistant ceramic that only Schutte could have chosen to represent the lemons. You feel like rolling them across the floor, so perfect is their form. But don't worry, we've never done so: we've always taken great care of them.