THE REASON WHY I WORK WITH MAURICE, IS BECAUSE HERE THE BEER COST ME NOTHING
Gunther Forg, German, 1952 - 2013
1990
Lithograph on red cardboard
Edition 72/120
Sheet: 41 7/8 × 29 3/4 in. (106.3 × 75.6 cm)
Image: 36 7/16 × 26 in. (92.5 × 66 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Trevor Fairbrother and John T. Kirk
2010.88.11
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Text in content of image, center, top to bottom: THE REASON WHY / I WORK WITH / MAURICE, IS / BECAUSE HERE / THE BEER COST / ME NOTHING; numbered, in graphite, bottom left: 72 / 120; signed and dated, in graphite, bottom right: Forg ‘90; on reverse: inscribed and dedicated, in graphite, bottom center: 1990 was special because we met you. Happy 1991 with love, $, [heart shape], from Julie and Günther
Provenance
Julie and Gunther Forg; given to John T. Kirk and Trevor J. Fairbrother, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1991; given to present collection, 2010.
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