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Wetterfester Schmetterling (Weatherproof Butterfly)
Wetterfester Schmetterling (Weatherproof Butterfly), 2008
£23,750 ($31k USD)
Oct 2021
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Objekt zur Sicherung von Haus und Heim
Objekt zur Sicherung von Haus und Heim, 1987
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Wood, cardboard, cement, glass
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On Eternal Good Questions and Fleshy Hearts; and Blessed is He Who Knows His Address, from Desastres de la Democracia (Disasters of Democracy)
On Eternal Good Questions and Fleshy Hearts; and Blessed is He Who Knows His Address, from Desastres de la Democracia (Disasters of Democracy), 1989
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Two mixed media drawings with gouache, ink and graphite, on wove paper, one with blockprinting, mounted to wove paper (as issued).
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Galleries3

#7 Galerie Max Hetzler
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#219 Marlborough New York
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#416 Max Levai (The Ranch)
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Publications3

Exhibition Catalog 3

Becoming Animal
Hatje Cantz · 2018
Die 80er: Figurative Malerei in der BRD
Hatje Cantz · 2015
Gemeine Wahrheiten Author
Hatje Cantz · 2013
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Rosemarie Trockel, the elusive German artist known for her wildly varied and conceptually challenging work, is the subject of a rare profile in ARTnew…
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Past Exhibitions1

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#399 NINO MIER GALLERY

Works from the Eighties (in collaboration with Max Hetzler)

Werner Büttner

Jan 19, 2019 — Mar 2, 2019

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artgenève — Geneva
2017
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Works from the Eighties (in collaboration with Max Hetzler)
Jan 19, 2019
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Werner Büttner born
Jan 1, 1954
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