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Artists›Ulrich Rückriem

Ulrich Rückriem

1938

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About

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Ulrich Rückriem is a German sculptor whose practice centers on minimally altered blocks of stone, principally granite, dolomite, and basalt, split, sawn, or drilled and then reassembled to expose the logic of their fracture. His monumental works, often sited outdoors, foreground geological material and industrial process over gestural expression.

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (11)

Untitled

1988 · Dolomite

222.2 × 114.3 × 31.7 cm (87 1/2 × 45 × 12 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Untitled Granite

1988 · Pencil on transparentized paper

11 3/4 × 16 1/2" (29.8 × 41.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1987 · Granite blue de vire

266.7 × 579.1 × 35.6 cm (105 × 228 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1979 · Stone

Overall approximately 4 1/4 x 70 x 70" (10.8 x 177.8 x 177.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1977 · Two pieces of wood, number 43 from an uncompleted edition of 100; together with a certificate for the work, graphite and ink on paper

(.a): 11 5/8 × 16 1/2" (29.5 × 41.9 cm); (.b): 3 3/4 × 25 3/8 × 3 1/8" (9.5 × 64.5 × 7.9 cm); (.c): 3 5/8 × 13 3/4 × 3" (9.2 × 34.9 × 7.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Art & Project Bulletin #91

1975 · One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy

sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Box catalogue for the exhibition RÜCKRIEM [Sculptures] at the Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, Germany, August 21 – September 23, 1973

1973 · Cardboard box containing typescript, drawing (unique), and a book

Box: 8 1/8 × 6 × 3/8" (20.6 × 15.2 × 1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1971 · Graphite, photograph and paper on graph paper

11 3/4 × 16 1/2" (29.8 × 41.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled Sketchbook

1969 · Felt-tip pen on transparentized paper

16 1/2 x 12" (41.9 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled Sketchbook

1969 · Felt-tip pen on transparentized paper

16 1/2 x 12" (41.9 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1961 · Colored pencil and felt-tip pen on paper

11 3/4 × 17 1/4" (29.8 × 43.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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11 published of 11 catalogued · 7 with image

MoMA
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Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago

'Kubussen' (ca. 1980) door Ulrich Rückriem, Huissensestraat 301, Arnhem

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