Lot 39
Lot 39
H.R. GIGER (1940-2014)

The Tourist IX, Hanging Alien Looking Dying Spider

Price Realised USD 189,000
Estimate
USD 30,000 - USD 50,000
Closed: 20 Jul 2022
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H.R. GIGER (1940-2014)

The Tourist IX, Hanging Alien Looking Dying Spider

Price Realised USD 189,000
Closed: 20 Jul 2022
Price Realised USD 189,000
Closed: 20 Jul 2022
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H.R. GIGER (1940-2014)
The Tourist IX, Hanging Alien Looking Dying Spider
signed and titled 'H. R. GIGER THE TOURIST IX' (lower right)
acrylic and airbrush on paper
5534 x 31 in. (144 x 80 cm.)
Painted in 1982.
Provenance
Private collection
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1997
Literature
H.R. Giger, H. R. Giger's Film Design, Las Vegas, 1996, p. 47.
H.R. Giger, H. R. Giger's Retrospective: 1964-1984, Las Vegas, 1997, p. 101.
H.R. Giger, Necronomicon II, Erftstadt, 2005, p. 81.
H.R. Giger: Kunst – Design – Film, exh. cat., Frankfurt, Deutsches Filmmuseum, 2009.
H.R. Giger, H. Werner Holzwarth, A.J. Hirsch, H.R. Giger, Cologne, 2021, p. 391.
O. Ludwik, The Little Giger Page, digital, ongoing, no. 497, 1982-B-497 (illustrated).
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