Nail object .Canvas on wood, pencil, iron nails. Signed, dated, inscribed “top”, and with a direction arrow on the reverse. Inscribed by the artist: “Multiple Examensarbeit für Essen Student Arththek wird abgeholt Uecker” on an accompanying piece of paper. Unique object. 40 x 40 x 9 cm.
The work was created by Günther Uecker for the “Artothek,” a thesis project by a student at the Folkwang School. The thesis at the time explored the intense encounter with three-dimensional artworks. [EH].

• Characteristic nail object: Rhythmic arrangement creates a hypnotic play of light and shadow.
• Unique piece, made for a graduation project at the Folkwang School in Essen.
• Uecker is one of the most important German artists of the post-war avant-garde.
This work is registered in the Uecker Archiv under the number GU.76.110 and will be noted for inclusion in the forthcoming Uecker Catalogue Raisonné.