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ROSEMARIE TROCKEL (b. 1952) FRITZ I FRITZ II titled "Fritz I" and "Fritz II" on the reverse of each (respectively) two silver dye bleach process prints face mounted with Plexiglas 39¼ x 39¼ in. (99.7 x 99.7 cm) each executed in 1993 these works are unique A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY Provenance Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NEW YORK Exhibited LUND, Anders Tornberg Gallery, ROSEMARIE TROCKEL: JEDES TIER IST KIND KÜNSTLERIN, November-December 1993 Literature W. Dickhoff, ed., ROSEMARIE TROCKEL: JEDES TIER IST EINE KÜNSTLERIN, LUND,1993, n.p. (each illustrated) D. Aaronson, ed., PHOTOGRAPHY TRANSFORMED: THE METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST COLLECTION, NEW YORK, 2002, pp. 208 and 250 (illustrated) [TROCKEL] LIKES TO TAKE AS HER SUBJECT MATTER ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC PHENOMENA. ANIMALS (DOGS [AND MONKEYS] AS ALTER EGOS AND 'MIMICKERS' OF HUMAN BEINGS) HAVE APPEARED IN EVERY MEDIUM AND PHASE OF HER CAREER AS SUBJECTS AND SYMBOLS…TROCKEL'S PIECES ABOUND WITH IRONY, HUMOUR AND POETRY. U. Grosenick, ed., WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE 21ST CENTURY, COLOGNE, 2001, p. 518 ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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