303 Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

New York, 303 Gallery, Andreas Gursky, September - Oc🌳tober 1991 (another example exhibited)

Zdenek Felix, ed., Andreas Gursky. Fotografien 1984-1993, Munich, 1994, p. 101, illustrated in color

This work is in very good condition overall. There is wear and handling to the frame and to the Plexiglas. There is a horizontal area and another vertical line of possible retouching by the artist located to the left side of the lower edge. The print appears to be lightly faded. Framed under Plexiglas in artist's frame.
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"Yes, my pictures really are becoming increasingly formal and abstract. A visual structure appears to dominate the real events shown in my pictures. I subjugate the real situation to my artistic concept of the picture. Apart from the constantly recurring elements... another aspect occurs to me which explains the way my pictures function. You never notice arbitrary details in my work. On a formal level, countless interrelated micro and macrostructures are woven together, determined by an overall organizational principle. A closed microcosm which, thanks to my distanced attitude towards my subject, allows the viewer to recognize the hinges that hold the system together." - Andreas Gursky