Lot 449 Gottfried Bechtold. Standbilder (1971/2001). …

Standbilder (1971/2001). 2006. C-Print in schwarzweiß auf Barytpapier. 30 x 95,5 cm (41,5 x 105) cm. Verso signiert, datiert und nummeriert. - Insgesamt sehr gut. Ausgezeichneter, kontrastreicher und ausdifferenzierter Abzug der beiden Motive mit breitem Rand.

Photographie - Moderne Photographie – Je eins von 51 Exemplaren. - Hg. Edition Schellmann, München/New York, anlässlich der Ausstellung "Reine und gemischte Zustände" im Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2006. - Die vorliegende Edition fügt sich in Bechtolds konsequente Auseinandersetzung mit konzeptuellen und dokumentarischen Strategien, die sein Werk seit der 100 Tage Anwesenheit in Kassel für die documenta IV (1972) durchziehen: Die Standbilder beruhen auf einer doppelten fotografischen Geste mit dreißigjährigem Abstand. 1971 ließ sich Bechtold vom Fotografen Heinz Schmidt mit einem Porsche vor wechselnden Vorarlberger Gebäuden dokumentieren, 2001 kehrt er an dieselben Orte zurück, nun mit vertauschten Rollen: Schmidt als Hauptfigur, Bechtold als Dokumentarist. Die insgesamt 17 Bildpaare, von denen immer drei Abzüge zu einer Auflage von insgesamt 51 Mappen zusammengestellt wurden, zeigen die zum Teil völlig veränderten Gebäude von damals und machen so Zeit, Autorschaft und Bewegung selbst zum eigentlichen Gegenstand.

Modern Photography – Black-and-white photographic prints on baryta paper. Signed and numbered. - Black-and-white C-print on baryta paper. 30 x 95.5 cm (41.5 x 105 cm). Signed, dated and numbered on the reverse. - In very good condition overall. An excellent, high-contrast and finely detailed print of the two motifs with a wide margin. - One of 51 copies. - Published by Edition Schellmann, Munich/New York, in the context of the exhibition at Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2006. - This edition forms part of Bechtold's ongoing exploration of conceptual and documentary strategies, which have characterised his work since his 100-day residency in Kassel for documenta IV (1972): The still images are based on a dual photographic gesture taken thirty years apart. In 1971, Bechtold had the photographer Heinz Schmidt document him in a Porsche in front of various buildings in Vorarlberg, in 2001, he returned to the same locations, this time with the roles reversed: Schmidt as the main subject, Bechtold as the documentarian. The 17 pairs of images in total, of which three prints were always compiled into a total edition of 51 portfolios, show the buildings from that time-some of which have changed completely-thus making time, authorship and movement themselves the actual subject.

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