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Herbert Zangs - '13 Stühle' from the Happening 'Stuhlverweißung'
in our auction 'Modern Art' on 6 December
Dear clients, dear friends of Quittenbaum,
In view of the upcoming 100th birthday of the artist in March 2024, we are presenting several works by Herbert Zangs as well as an installation in our 'Modern Art' auction on December 6, 2023, which we would like to draw your attention to today.
Born in Krefeld, Zangs became known primarily for his white object pictures and paintings, the most important groups of works here are Faltungen and Knüpfungen. He also created the Verweißungen and the Scheibenwischerbilder, which were an anticipation of serial art in the 1960s.
From his extensive oeuvre, we are offering the work '13 Stühle' (13 Chairs), which dates from 1978. The artwork is the result of a happening on June 5, 1978 at the Museum Wiesbaden, which took place as part of the exhibition 'Verweißungen' (July 4 - July 27, 1978). As documented by the photographs of the time, the happening was initially opened with a discussion between the visitors and the artist while the visitors sat on the chairs. Herbert Zangs then stacked two chairs on top of each other with the participation of visitors and lined them up in a line. This installation was then connected with gauze bandages and cords to form an object unit and finally "partially welded", i.e. painted irregularly with white paint.
This unique object will be offered in an auction for the first time on December 6 from 3 p.m. and will be called for an estimated price of 40,000 - 50,000 euros. A preview of the object is possible on Thursday, 30.11.2023 from 14:00 - 18:00 and on Saturday, 02.11.2023 from 11:00 - 15:00 in the rooms of GALERIE HEIDEFELD & PARTNER (Ostwall 64-66/47798 Krefeld).
Our expert will be happy to answer any further questions you may have.
