A Chocolate Sculpture 'Löwenselbst'
Dieter Roth (Hannover 1930 - Basel 1998)
Lot-No. 626
Starting Bid: 800 €
Cast figure made of chocolate. H. 23 x 15 x 19,5 cm. In keeping with the artist's intention, with traces of age such as so-called grease marks, cracks and crumbling. 'Löwenselbst' is both a homage to Dieter Roth's then partner Dorothy Iannone (born Boston 1933) and a self-portrayal as a seated lion. - The use of chocolate and the alteration of the material to the point of dissolution corresponds to Dieter Roth's artistic practice, in whose work decay and transience play a central role - Provenance: From the collection of Dr. Gabriele Hartmann, Hamburg, a friend of Dieter Roth - Swiss poet, graphic artist, action and object artist. R. was an important proponent of 'Concrete Poetry' and Eat Art and was also in contact with Fluxus artists in New York. His works were exhibited twice at the Documenta. His works of art, which are always humorous, take up changeability and transience concretely in their materials. Mus.: New York (Moma), London (Tate), Paris (Centre Pompidou), Zürich (Kunsthaus), Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Hannover (Sprengel. Mus.), Karlsruhe (ZKM), Barcelona, Bremen, Gent, Roskilde a. others. Lit.: B. Meyer-Krahmer: Dieter Roth: Selbstbeobachtung als künstlerischer Schaffensprozess a. others.
Dieter Roth: A Chocolate Sculpture 'Löwenselbst'
Dieter Roth (Hannover 1930 - Basel 1998)
A Chocolate Sculpture 'Löwenselbst'
Lot-No. 626
Starting Bid: 800 €
Cast figure made of chocolate. H. 23 x 15 x 19,5 cm. In keeping with the artist's intention, with traces of age such as so-called grease marks, cracks and crumbling. 'Löwenselbst' is both a homage to Dieter Roth's then partner Dorothy Iannone (born Boston 1933) and a self-portrayal as a seated lion. - The use of chocolate and the alteration of the material to the point of dissolution corresponds to Dieter Roth's artistic practice, in whose work decay and transience play a central role - Provenance: From the collection of Dr. Gabriele Hartmann, Hamburg, a friend of Dieter Roth - Swiss poet, graphic artist, action and object artist. R. was an important proponent of 'Concrete Poetry' and Eat Art and was also in contact with Fluxus artists in New York. His works were exhibited twice at the Documenta. His works of art, which are always humorous, take up changeability and transience concretely in their materials. Mus.: New York (Moma), London (Tate), Paris (Centre Pompidou), Zürich (Kunsthaus), Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Hannover (Sprengel. Mus.), Karlsruhe (ZKM), Barcelona, Bremen, Gent, Roskilde a. others. Lit.: B. Meyer-Krahmer: Dieter Roth: Selbstbeobachtung als künstlerischer Schaffensprozess a. others.
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