Daniel Isaac Spoerri
Multiplicateur d’art - Spiegelobjeckt
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December 18, 01:12 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 EUR
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Daniel Isaac Spoerri
b. 1930
Multiplicateur d’art - Spiegelobjeckt
signed and numbered 94/100 on the MAT edition label on the reverse
two mirrors on hinged wood boards with pairs of found objects
50 x 100 x 8 cm ; 19 11/16 x 19 11/16 x 3⅛in.
Executed in 1964, this work is number 94 from an edition of 100.
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Daniel Isaac Spoerri
b. 1930
Multiplicateur d’art - Spiegelobjeckt
signé et numéroté 94/100 sur l'étiquette MAT édition au dos
deux miroirs sur des planches de bois articulées et paires d'objets trouvés
50 x 100 x 8 cm ; 19 11/16 x 19 11/16 x 3⅛in.
Exécutée en 1964, cette œuvre est le numéro 94 d'une édition de 100 exemplaires.
Theodor Ahrenberg Collection
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Collection Theodor Ahrenberg
Meredith Malone, Sam Adams, Molly Mood et al., Multiplied: Edition MAT and the transformable work of art, 1959-1965, Washington, 2020, p. 138-140-141, illustrated (other example)
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Meredith Malone, Sam Adams, Molly Mood et al., Multiplied: Edition MAT and the transformable work of art, 1959-1965, Washington, 2020, p. 138-140-141, illustré (autre exemplaire)
For his multiplicateur d'art, Spoerri created a witty variant of his snare pictures, mounting two square mirrors on wood panels that are attached by a hinge. In nearly symmetrical arrangements, he glued harmonica, bottle openers, children's block, pins, nails, coins, and other found objects to the mirrors. As he explained " In the art multiplier, a chance situation is fixed to a mirror, and the same situation is reflected into another mirror joined to the first by hinges. In addition the objects are reflected and multiplied in proportion to the angle at which the mirrors are set" [Daniel Spoerri, "An anecdote Topography of Chance (Re-Anecdoted Version) with Robert Filliou and Emmett Williams", New York Something Press, 1966, p. 82)] Each work in the series is unique, as the objects glued to the mirrors and their specific orientation are always different.
Meredith Malone, Sam Adams, Molly Mood et al., Multiplied: Edition MAT and the transformable work of art, 1959-1965, Washington, 2020, p. 139