GÜNTHER UECKER (B. 1930)

GÜNTHER UECKER (B. 1930)
Rote Fahne (Red Flag)
signed and dated 'Uecker 63' (lower right); signed and dated 'Uecker 63' (on the reverse); signed, inscribed and dated 'Benagelte rote Fahne! Aus der Serie Fahnenüberwucherungen (Nailed red flag! From the series of flag overgrowths) G. Uecker 1963' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
painted nails on cloth on wood
34 ¼ x 34 ¼ x 2 ¾in. (87 x 87 x 8cm.)
Executed in 1963

Provenance
Private Collection, Germany (acquired directly from the artist in 1963).
Private Collection, Germany (acquired from the above circa 1968).
Galerie Reckermann, Cologne (acquired from the above in 1975).
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1976.