JOHN M ARMLEDER, Untitled, 1998
53,1 x 38,2 cm (34,8 x 49,8)
spirograph drawing, colour pencil, lead pencil
signed, dated, numbered (as if it concerns an etching)
series of 25 unique drawings + 10 AP (numbered I-X)
published by Edition Franz Mäder Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
€ 4.200,- plus € 24,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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John M Armleder was invited to make an etching for publishing house Edition Franz Mäder Galerie, Basel. In stead of making a dry needle etching on copper plate he asked Mäder to make 25 blank plate prints on etching paper. On each of these Armleder drew unique spirograph drawings. He numbered them as if it concerned an edition.
At a certain point, Armleder used a spirograph by leaving the utensil uncontrolled run over the paper creating a most surprising juggler’s lightness and evocativeness. He once stated that for him in the end every time he has to think about how to make an art piece that is no more than a performance. Here it is, definitively, with it’s etching-like dancing appearance.

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