Copper Stairs (Kupfertreppe)

Artist Günther Förg German, 1952 - 2013

Date1976 - 1987

Mediumcopper over wood support

DimensionsOverall: 12 × 47 × 3 11/16 in. (30.5 × 119.4 × 9.4 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineThe Feibes & Schmitt Collection

Object number2021.5.28

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SignedOn reverse: Forg -87

InscribedLabel on reverse for Phillips de Pury & Company. Contract ID written on label is "04NY0939/13" and Artist name "Gunther Forg".

MarkingsWritten on back: Treppe 7/[illegible] 2 1976/87

DescriptionThree copper covered blocks side by side and recessing. Support is wood.Provenance(Phillips de Pury & Company Sale, New York City, November 11, 2005, no. 337); purchased by Werner Feibes [1929-2021] and James Schmitt [1925-2013], Schenectady, New York, November 15, 2005; by bequest to The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, 2021.