Liz Bachhuber (1953) - Enten (Ducks)

ARTIST DETAILS
Full Name: Liz Bachhuber
Nationality: American and German
Lifespan: Born 1953
ARTWORK AND TECHNIQUE
Title: Enten (Ducks)
Year: 1992
Medium and Technique: Original ink on paper (Tusche auf Papier). The artwork features solid, minimalist hand-applied ink silhouettes capturing waterfowl in various dynamic states of motion and flight against a clean, off-white background paper.
DIMENSIONS
Visible Sheet Size: 30 x 50 cm (Height x Width)
Framed Size: 46 x 66 x 2.5 cm (Height x Width x Depth, estimated based on standard professional gallery matting ratios)
SIGNATURE DETAILS
Position: Lower right margin directly underneath the artwork composition
Medium: Hand-written in graphite pencil
Inscription Text: Titled Enten inside quotation marks on the left side and signed Liz Bachhuber 92 on the right side of the lower paper margin.
EDITION INFORMATION
Status: Unique original work. This is a hand-executed original ink drawing from the artist's 1992 migratory bird and wildlife series, not a print or digital multiple reproduction.
PROVENANCE
Collection History: Sourced from a private collection in Germany. The reverse side bears an original archival gallery framing label from Renz Bilderrahmen GmbH based in Stuttgart, Germany.
DOCUMENTATION
Certificates and Invoices: Accompanied by its authentic, historical German framing label attached to the backing board, serving as solid structural documentation of its historical gallery presentation.
CONDITION REPORT
Overall State: Excellent vintage condition.
Artwork Preservation: The paper sheet is entirely clean with zero foxing, no discoloration, no UV fading, and no moisture rippling. The ink figures are crisp and deeply saturated.
Frame Preservation: The custom white-washed wooden frame is structurally robust and secure. It exhibits minor, superficial surface scuffing and tiny edge-wear handling marks consistent with its age, with tight miter joints.
SHIPPING DETAILS
Presentation: Shipped fully framed, preserved under protective glass, and mounted inside its custom gallery mat board presentation. Completely ready for immediate wall hanging.
Packaging Breakdown: The frame glass is taped for safe transit, and the complete framed work is wrapped inside multiple heavy layers of professional bubble wrap. All corners are reinforced with dense protective shock guards, and the item is packed securely within a rigid, double-walled corrugated art box with full interior void-pack containment.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY AND EXHIBITIONS
Liz Bachhuber is a distinguished contemporary sculptor, installation artist, and Professor Emerita of Fine Art at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, where she helped found the Faculty of Art and Design in 1993. She trained at the University of Wisconsin and the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf as a Meisterschülerin under a prestigious Fulbright/DAAD grant. Her environmental and conceptual artworks have been exhibited globally across Europe, the United States, and Japan since 1980. Companion bird silhouette works from this exact 1992 series are well-documented in elite international auction houses.