Lot 5744 - ibid128 Photography – online only - Thursday, 07. July 2022, 01.00 PM
DIETER ROTH
(Hanover 1930–1998 Basel)
"Harmonica Curse 18" (self-portrait), 1981.
Polaroid. Unique.
Image 8 × 7.8 cm; overall 10.7 × 8.8 cm.
Fully signed, titled, numbered 5/5 and dated below and beside the image. Matted.
Literature: Dirk Dobke. Dieter Roth, Bücher und Editionen, Catalogue Raisonné. London, 2004 (cf. p. 93, ill. of another copy).
From 14 February to 7 August 1981, Dieter Roth played his harmonica 74 times. He recorded his music on tape cassettes and documented these moments with Polaroids. The cassettes were published by William Furlong, London, in an edition of 5. The present copy without the cassette.
Scratch marks (more pronounced in the centre), light finger marks in places. The signature slightly smudged. Overall in good condition.
CHF 250 / 400 | (€ 260 / 410)
Sold for CHF 475 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.