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Jochen Gerz

English Letter to Jane

1979/88

Series of five framed B/W photographies
Dimensions: 24.6 x 30.5 cm each
Signature, inscriptions, markings: signed and numbered at the enclosed certificate
Copy Number: 6/12
Publisher: Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin
donation: Karl Manfred Fischer
Accession Number: 1003442.1–5

Image of a naked man on stage in front of a screen with text. He and the screen are illuminated, the rest is dark.
Jochen Gerz, "English Letter to Jane", 1979/88, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021, sheet 1, photo: Gerhard Tillmann
A dark picture where you can only recognise an illuminated screen with text.
Jochen Gerz, "English Letter to Jane", 1979/88, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021, sheet 2, photo: Gerhard Tillmann
Image of a naked man on stage in front of a screen with text. He and the screen are illuminated, the rest is dark.
Jochen Gerz, "English Letter to Jane", 1979/88, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021, sheet 3, photo: Gerhard Tillmann
A dark picture where you can only recognise an illuminated screen with text.
Jochen Gerz, "English Letter to Jane", 1979/88, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021, sheet 4, photo: Gerhard Tillmann
A text on a canvas. The text says: ‘YOU KNOW I CAN HANDLE A PRETTY SOUND OUT OF DRY WOOD SOUNDING FOR HOURS HUDDLE UP ONE HUNDRED WORDS BET ON REVOLUTIONS MAKE YOU LISTEN LIKE A WOOD IN A WOOD IN A WOOD LIKE A STONE IN A STONE LOOSE IN A STONE LIKE NOBODY MAKES IT LIKE NOBODY GAVE IT TO YOU BEFORE HE ONLY SOUNDS IT.’
Jochen Gerz, "English Letter to Jane", 1979/88, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021, sheet 5, photo: Gerhard Tillmann