Dieter Roth (1930-1998) - Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf / Screen print 1971 / 59 x 82.5 cm (73 x 101 cm), signed and dated.
Edition: 120 / no two prints are exactly the same in color; there are 120 individual pieces.
Printed by Hartmut Kaminski in Düsseldorf. This print stands out for its many different light green tones.
Partially shifting towards yellow. A luminous print on firm silkscreen cardboard by 'Schoellershammer'.
well preserved
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Every print is a one-of-a-kind piece — or the revolution in printmaking.
Hartmut Kaminski about his collaboration with Dieter Roth.
Dieter Roth loved chance, the extraordinary, indeed the imperfect, and decay.
Initially, with about four colors, Dieter Roth began to observe the printing on the silkscreen printing machine and asked whether 'some images are already speaking, that they are finished' – this could be repeated up to 20 or 30 times. When the artist's heart was satisfied with the result, the print was 'rewarded' by Dieter Roth with a handwritten signature.
For the print 'Düsseldorf,' Dieter Roth purchased an ordinary postcard. The pasted-in postcard signature 'Düsseldorf – Hochstraße and Thyssen-Haus' was even printed along with it.
This print involved a lot of experimentation with the two repro films of the postcard: the positive and negative films were cut into four equal rectangles to allow for their exchange during the different color passes. All possible configurations were tried. There are even prints where the film templates were copied in a clapp symmetry to be reversed and overlaid. Another special feature of the 'Düsseldorf' print is that it is the only city print for which Dieter Roth drew four original films. With these, he accentuated the skyline of the buildings and shaded some shadows.
Today, downtown Düsseldorf looks different: the high street has disappeared, but the 3-Scheibenhochhaus was preserved as a historic building. This means that every print 'Düsseldorf' is not only an artistic unique piece but also an example of Dieter Roth's main theme – constant change and the associated transience.