Uecker-Schuh. 1986.
Multiple. Plaster and nails.
Signed by Günther Uecker and Siddartha Y Fongi, as well as dated and numbered. With embossing stamp "Uecker & Fongi". From an edition of 100 copies. Ca. 9.5 x 31 x 15.5 cm (3.7 x 12.2 x 6.1 in).
Published by Edition Denise René and Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf. [SM].
• Created as a joint work by Uecker and Fongi on the occasion of the 1972 European Football Championship.
• Since 1962, Uecker has nailed everyday objects, taking them out of their usual context and raising them to a new level of meaning.
• Uecker devotes his entire creative power to liberate art from established norms and constraints.

PROVENANCE: Wilfried Hoffmeister, Lüdenscheid.
Private collection (inherited from the above).

LITERATURE: Christie's, Amsterdam, April 15, 2015, lot 244.

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