Günther Uecker - Rare Zinc Plate 1970 - Signed & Numbered - beautifully framed

A powerful graphic work by Günther Uecker, a zinc cliché from the portfolio “Leibbeschreibung eines Nagels”.

Signed in pencil lower right
Numbered in pencil bottom left

A zinc cliché is a zinc relief print (a zinc engraving with relief).

The portfolio "Leibbeschreibung eines Nagels" was published in 1970 by the Galerie Klaus Lüpke in Frankfurt am Main. The works showcase a radical experiment in which Uecker translates macro photographs of nail structures into a new visual language. A special technique was employed for this: Agfacolor isodensites were hand-etched into zinc and subsequently printed using relief printing on heavy vellum paper. The result is a graphically intense and almost sculptural image, in which material and print merge into a single whole. This series forms an important chapter within Uecker's graphic oeuvre. Although he is primarily known for his physical installations and nail reliefs, this work demonstrates how powerfully his ideas are also expressed within graphic art.

The work is professionally framed in a handmade white wooden frame fitted with Plexiglas® Optical HC (scratch and UV resistant).
Framed size: approx. 48 x 48 cm

Günther Uecker (1930–2024) was an influential German artist and co-founder of the ZERO movement, which brought about a radical renewal in art in the 1950s and 1960s. His work is characterized by the use of nails, white paint, wood, and rhythmic structures, with which he gave matter an almost spiritual dimension.
For Uecker, art was a means to make silence, time, and contemplation visible.
His work is held in major museum collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Tate Modern, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Centre Pompidou, and the Neue Nationalgalerie.

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