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20 | 21 Art 
Franz Erhard Walther, Säulenfragment Kopf-Form prototype - Image 1 of 4
Franz Erhard Walther, Säulenfragment Kopf-Form prototype - Image 2 of 4
Franz Erhard Walther, Säulenfragment Kopf-Form prototype - Image 3 of 4
Franz Erhard Walther, Säulenfragment Kopf-Form prototype - Image 4 of 4
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Franz Erhard Walther b.1939

Säulenfragment Kopf-Form prototype

1981
cotton fabric with display shelf, watercolor and graphite on paper 11½ h × 9½ w × 9½ d in (29 × 24 × 24 cm)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $4,688
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Signed, titled and dated to lower edge of sheet 'Säulenfragment Kopf-Form 1981 Walther'. This work is unique and was the prototype for a later edition of 30.
provenance: Phillips, London, New Now, 11 April 2019, Lot 215 | Private Collection

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I left the internal space empty, precisely with the idea that the viewer would fill it with imagination. Therefore, it is not the mark on the sheet of paper which is the work, but the action which must also be involved. In that moment it is not possible to distinguish where the work resides. Is it in my drawing, or in my imagination? Or between the two! This idea has fascinated me throughout my life...With the result that the action itself takes on the character of a work.

Franz Erhard Walther

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