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Frank Thiel Stadt 12/88 (Berlin), 2007 titled, dated, signed and numbered on verso framed chromogenic print face mounted to Plexiglas paper: 68 7/8 x 91 3/4 inches (175 x 233 cm) approx. framed: 70 1/2 x 93 5/16 x 2 3/16 inches (179 x 237 x 5.5 cm) edition of 4 with 2 APs  (FT-12/88.L)

Frank Thiel

Stadt 12/88 (Berlin), 2007

titled, dated, signed and numbered on verso

framed chromogenic print face mounted to Plexiglas

paper: 68 7/8 x 91 3/4 inches (175 x 233 cm)
approx. framed: 70 1/2 x 93 5/16 x 2 3/16 inches (179 x 237 x 5.5 cm)

edition of 4 with 2 APs 

(FT-12/88.L)

Frank Thiel Stadt 12/88 (Berlin), 2007 titled, dated, signed and numbered on verso framed chromogenic print face mounted to Plexiglas paper: 68 7/8 x 91 3/4 inches (175 x 233 cm) approx. framed: 70 1/2 x 93 5/16 x 2 3/16 inches (179 x 237 x 5.5 cm) edition of 4 with 2 APs  (FT-12/88.L)

Frank Thiel

Stadt 12/88 (Berlin), 2007

titled, dated, signed and numbered on verso

framed chromogenic print face mounted to Plexiglas

paper: 68 7/8 x 91 3/4 inches (175 x 233 cm)
approx. framed: 70 1/2 x 93 5/16 x 2 3/16 inches (179 x 237 x 5.5 cm)

edition of 4 with 2 APs 

(FT-12/88.L)

Frank Thiel’s Stadt 12/88 (Berlin) magnifies the ruinous conditions of a weathered paint surface, transforming it into an abstract architectural space. The artwork reflects upon the difficult economic situation that beset Berlin’s former industrial areas prior to the reunification of Germany in 1990. In its abstract painterly quality the image explores the evolving relationship between painting and photography. Grand in size, Thiel’s photograph subverts the scale of the intimate surface it depicts.