Auktion: 7 Tage
Stand 28.05.2026
BARRY, ROBERT
1936 New York
Title: Merge.
Subtitle: Light image installation.
Date: 1975.
Technique: 80 slides (continuous loop) and a Kodak carousel slide projector.
Measurement: Measurements of the installation varying cm.
The slides were subsequently numbered by hand by the artist. One of the slides is additionally monogrammed and dated.
A copy of a certificate signed by the artist, dated 12 July 1977, is available for this work.
Provenance:
- - Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the previous owner in 1977)
Literature:
- Robert Barry. It's about time, Édition Yvon Lambert, Paris 1980, p. 81 (Excerpt from an interview by René Denizot. The episode described at the bottom of the page refers to the projection ‘Merge’, exhibited at Paul Maenz.)
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