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Modern & Contemporary Art - Auction ends: April 15, 2026 from 3:00 pm

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Günter Brus - Color photograph
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Günter Brus
Zerreissprobe, 1970
Color photograph
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116
Günter Brus
Zerreissprobe, 1970
Color photograph
Starting bid:
€ 8,000
Estimate:
€ 8,000 - 10,000
End: 04-15-26 15:57:00 Berlin
04-15-26 09:57:00 New York
04-15-26 06:57:00 Los Angeles (30 days, 16h:51m)

Please enter your maximum bid, it will only be used to the extent necessary to beat the next best bid.
Bid plus 34 % buyer's premium (differential taxation without separate VAT statement, sales tax certificate upon request) and droit de suite charge without VAT.
Self pick-up: free of charge,
insured shipping:
within Germany 73,54 €,
within the EU countries 121,77 €,
outside the EU countries on request.


After entering your maximum bid you will be able to check your entry and you will be provided with further information. Only after a further confirmation your bid will be binding.


Günter Brus
1938 - 2024
Zerreissprobe. 1970.
The portfolio comprising 12 Color photographs by Klaus Eschen, with the title sheet and the notes on "Zerreissprobe" (leaflet) in the original canvas case.
Title sheet signed and numbered. Each photo mounted on a backing and inscribed with a confirmation of authenticity by the artist on the reverse. From an edition of 35 copies. 50 x 40 cm (19.6 x 15.7 in). Backing cardboard 60 x 50 cm (23,6 x 19,6 in).
Dimensions of original canvas case: 63.5 x 51.5 x 5 cm (24.8 x 20.2 x 1.9 in).

Fachlabor Fayer Fotostudio, Vienna 2001, and published by Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna 2001. [EH].

• Günter Brus is a co-founder of Viennese Actionism.
• Photo documentation of the famous "Zerreissprobe" action.
• "Zerreissprobe" is considered the pinnacle of the artist's previous works.
• Günter Brus was a virtuoso of the body and has significantly changed the way the body is used in art.
• Works by Günter Brus were shown at documenta 4 (1972), 6 (1977) and 7 (1982) and at the Venice Biennale (1980). They can also be found in the newly opened Vienna Actionism Museum WAM in Vienna.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Switzerland.

In very good condition.