Günther Uecker (1930-2025) - Untitled

Günther Uecker – Signed zinc cliché from 1970 – Framed

This rare, signed zinc plate is an impressive original print by Günther Uecker and a significant example of his experimental printmaking within the ZERO movement.

The work is signed in pencil in the lower right and numbered in the lower left.

A zinc cliché is a zinc high‑pressure print (a zincography with embossing)

This is a work from the rare portfolio 'Leibbeschreibung eines Nagels', published in 1970 by the Klaus Lüpke Gallery in Frankfurt am Main.

"Leibbeschreibung eines Nagels" represents a radical experiment in which Uecker translated macro photographs of nail structures into a new visual language. In doing so, he employed a particular technical process: Agfacolor-Isodensiten were hand-etched into zinc plates and subsequently printed by relief on heavy Velin paper.

The result is a graphically intense, nearly sculptural image composition, in which materiality and imprint merge into an inseparable unity. The series occupies an autonomous and significant position within Uecker's graphic oeuvre. While he is best known for his expansive installations and iconic nail-reliefs, this group of works powerfully demonstrates the strong visual presence that his artistic concepts can unfold even in the medium of printmaking.

The composition has been professionally framed in a custom-made wooden frame, handmade. The work is floating-mounted on linen, with PLEXIGLAS Optical HC, which is scratch-resistant and UV-protective.
Framed approx. 54 × 54 cm.

Günther Uecker (1930–2024) was an influential German artist and co-founder of the ZERO movement, which in the 1950s and 1960s initiated a radical shift in the art world. His body of work was marked by the use of nails, white paint, wood and rhythmic structures, with which he endowed matter with a spiritual and sensuous dimension. For Uecker, art was a means to make stillness, time and inner reflection visible and tangible. His works form a bridge between the physical and the meditative.

Uecker's works are in the collections of leading museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Tate Modern in London, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

state
The work is in good condition.
The photos are an integral part of the condition description.

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