Image: Korff Fine Art, Ilmmünster
Korff Fine Art has featured Günther Uecker as its ‘Artist of the Month’ in an August 2026 newsletter, pairing a brief account of the German artist’s postwar career with a selection of works offered for sale. The feature is a profile and commercial presentation rather than an announced exhibition: the supplied material lists no exhibition venue, public programme or event dates.
Uecker, who lived from 1930 to 2025, is described in the newsletter as one of the defining figures of the German postwar avant-garde. He became internationally known through the ZERO movement in the 1960s, a context associated in the newsletter with a radical focus on light, movement and material. His best-known works use nails to generate reliefs, visual vibrations, shadows and textured surfaces.
The newsletter characterises Uecker’s practice as combining material experimentation with spiritual and social reflection. It also states that he exhibited at major museums and biennials internationally and that his works are held in significant collections and institutions from New York to Tokyo. A further claim places him among the highest-ranked German artists in the Kunstkompass over several decades; this is presented as an indicator of the lasting cultural importance attributed to his work.
The profile also marks Uecker’s death on 11 June 2025, at the age of 95. The announcement describes his legacy as an “außergewöhnliches Werk” — an exceptional body of work — connecting spirituality, materiality and social commentary. No new institutional project is attached to the notice, which instead directs readers to available works associated with different periods and techniques.
Among the listed works is ‘ohne Titel (Unikat)’ from 1992, an embossed print with colour on handmade paper, measuring 114 by 80 centimetres and described as a signed and dated unique work. It is offered at €43,000. Two other unique 1992 works, ‘o.T. (Unikat)’ and ‘o.T. (Unikat)’, are listed at €37,500 and €43,000 respectively; both are identified as embossed prints with colour on handmade paper, with different dimensions.
The selection extends from intimate ash works to large editions and sculpture. ‘Aschebild #42’ and ‘Aschebild #37’, both from 1989 and made with ash, graphite and glue on handmade paper, are each priced at €8,500. ‘Huldigung an Hafez – Motiv 28’, a 2015 screenprint in an edition of 70, is listed at €4,000, while the 2019 embossed-print edition ‘Both’, measuring 120 by 180 centimetres, is offered at €70,000. The selection also includes the hand-coloured bronze ‘Long walk to freedom – Hommage to Nelson Mandela’ from 2018, an edition of 25 priced at €36,000.
