Lot 123
Lot 123
H.R. GIGER (1940-2014)

Erotomechanics XI (Begötterung) [Deification]

Price Realised USD 119,700
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USD 30,000 - USD 50,000
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H.R. GIGER (1940-2014)

Erotomechanics XI (Begötterung) [Deification]

Price Realised USD 119,700
Price Realised USD 119,700
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H.R. GIGER (1940-2014)
Erotomechanics XI (Begötterung) [Deification]
titled 'Begötterung' (lower edge); signed twice, titled again, inscribed and dated 'H.R. Giger 79 Erotomechanic (Begötterung) XI Werk No 428 H. Giger' (on the reverse); signed again and inscribed in German '‘for Mister Sprick with best wishes to His Museum for Walter Ackermann his Dream H. Giger 1980' (on the reverse)
acrylic and airbrush on paper mounted on panel
2712 x 3912 in. (70 x 100 cm.)
Executed in 1979.
Provenance
Private collection
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1997
Literature
H.R. Giger, Necronomicon II, Erftstadt, 2005, p. 40 (illustrated).
M. Belz and M. Witzig, eds., Werkverzeichnis, 2007, pp. 52-53, no. 5.
S. Grof, ed., H.R. Giger and the Zeitgeist of the Twentieth Century, Kronengasse, 2014, p. 52, no. 5 (illustrated).
O. Ludwik, The Little Giger Page, digital, ongoing, no. 428, 1979-B-428 (illustrated).
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