UECKER, GÜNTHER
1930 Wendorf
Title: "Lichtkasten".
Date: 1966.
Technique: Hammered nails and white paint on canvas, on wooden disc. In wooden box, painted white. With lighting and electronic motor.
Measurement: 80 x 80 x 17cm. Light disc. Diameter60cm.
Notation: Titled, signed and dated verso upper right: Lichtkasten Uecker 66.
The work is registered in the Uecker Archive, Düsseldorf, under the number GU.66.036 and is earmarked for inclusion in the forthcoming Uecker catalogue raisonné.
Provenance:
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (directly from the artist 1966)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (through succession since 1999)
- Kinetic light object from the early ZERO period
- Privately owned in the Rhineland since its creation
- Captivating, visual power through moving play of light and shadow.
Günther Uecker 
