Karl Gerstner
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Karl Gerstner #5,559Established

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personSwiss, 1930–2017
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Selected Works37

Museum Acquisitions

7 Institutions
Harvard Art Museums
Basel Art Museum
High Museum
High Museum
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Plains Art Museum
Plains Art Museum
Plains Art Museum
Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

Previous Sales 18

Christie's
Color Sound 4B
Color Sound 4B, 1973
$5,000
Oct 2015
Christie's
Carro 64
Carro 64
$562
Sep 2010
Waddington's
Lenscope, 1960s
Lenscope, 1960s
CA$960 ($775 USD)
Jun 2021
Wright
Untitled (five works)
Untitled (five works)
$2,000
Jan 1970
Sotheby's
Color sound 1D Extraversion
Color sound 1D Extraversion, 1986
$38,523
Dec 2025
Sotheby's
Color sound 48 Introversion
Color sound 48 Introversion, 1972
$10,371
Dec 2025
Sotheby's
Color Sound 25. Intro Version
Color Sound 25. Intro Version, 1975
$8,201
Nov 2023
Sotheby's
Color Sounds
Color Sounds, 1971
$7,518
Nov 2023
Bonhams
Rotbunte Reihen (Red–Colored Sequences)
Rotbunte Reihen (Red–Colored Sequences), 1965
Bought In
Feb 2023
Lempertz
Color Sound 25 (Extra Version)
Color Sound 25 (Extra Version), 1975
$6,577
May 2025
Artcurial
Karl GERSTNER [Marcel DUCHAMP]
Karl GERSTNER [Marcel DUCHAMP], 1965
$1,378
Dec 2024
Villa Grisebach
Prismen-Bild
Prismen-Bild, 1958
$9,893
Dec 2021
Martini Studio d'Arte · Artsy
Color Sound 26 Intro Version
Color Sound 26 Intro Version, 1975
Bidding closed
Mixed technique on board with reliefs
Martini Studio d'Arte · Artsy
Carro 64 orange/violett/blau
Carro 64 orange/violett/blau, 1964
Bidding closed
Collage of lacquered plates on aluminum
Van Ham · Artsy
Linsen-Bild
Linsen-Bild
Bidding closed
Lens in object box (wood and plastic), electrified
Van Ham · Artsy
3-VI-66
3-VI-66, 1966
Bidding closed
Wooden sticks, coloured
Koller Auctions · Artsy
Lens-Picture
Lens-Picture
Bidding closed
Sculpture. Wood, plastic, acrylic on plexiglass.
Van Ham · Artsy
Metachromes Diptychon (Chromorphose 1.03/1.04)
Metachromes Diptychon (Chromorphose 1.03/1.04), 1976
Bidding closed
Each: Lacquer paint on aluminium sheet on wooden plate (nitro on phenolic resin)

For Sale 4

Odalys · Artsy
Sound Color 29
Sound Color 29, 1973
Price on request
Assemblage of mixed materials. Ed.6/65
Galerie Knoell, Basel · Artsy
Icon 3
Icon 3, 2003
Price on request
Enamel paint on aluminum on wood
Galerie Knoell, Basel · Artsy
Colour sound, intro version
Colour sound, intro version, 1977
Price on request
Nitro varnish on cardboard
Galerie Knoell, Basel · Artsy
Colour sound, extra version
Colour sound, extra version, 1977
Price on request
Nitro varnish on cardboard
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Market158 auction results

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Oct 2015 · $5.0K
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Sculpture/objects: $5.0K medianPaintings: $562 medianUnclassified lots: $8.2K medianEditioned prints: $135 medianBooks/portfolios: $704 medianEditioned objects: $775 median
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Sotheby'sArtcurialWaddington'sBonhamsVilla Grisebach
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Publications7

Monograph 4

Marcel Duchamp: "Tu m'" Puzzle upon Puzzle Author
Hatje Cantz · 2003
Marcel Duchamp: »Tu m'« Rätsel über Rätsel Author
Hatje Cantz · 2003
Karl Gerstner: Review of 5 x 10 Years of Graphic Design etc. Author
Hatje Cantz · 2001
Karl Gerstner: Rückblick auf 5 x 10 Jahre Graphik Design etc. Author
Hatje Cantz

Exhibition Catalog 2

Max Bill: Maler, Bildhauer, Architekt, Designer Author
Hatje Cantz · 2005
Karl Gerstner: Rückblick auf sieben Kapitel konstruktive Bilder. Etc. Author
Hatje Cantz · 2003

Group Catalog 1

Hollweg Stiftung - 50 Jahre sammeln Author
Hatje Cantz · 2023
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Marcel Duchamp - Hommage à Caissa (for the Marcel Duchamp Fund of the American Chess Foundation), 1966
This rare 1966 silkscreen poster commemorates the "Hommage à Caissa" exhibition at New York’s Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, a fundraiser organized by Mar…
marketApr 18, 2026
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No past exhibitions on record.

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Recent Activity3

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Marcel Duchamp - Hommage a Caissa (for the Marcel Duchamp Fund of the American Chess Foundation) , 1966
Apr 18, 2026
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Karl Gerstner dies
Jan 1, 2017
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Karl Gerstner born
Jan 1, 1930
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