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HANS AESCHBACHER – Original Exhibition Catalogue Zurich 1963 – Galerie Charles Lienhard
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There are objects that seem to have passed through time silently. This catalogue is one of them. Autumn 1963. Zurich was then becoming one of Europe's great havens for modern art. While Paris was changing its face and New York was beginning to assert its cultural dominance, Switzerland remained a territory apart: discreet, cultured, demanding. Zurich galleries welcomed collectors, architects, intellectuals, and artists who came seeking something more than a simple art market – a form of dialogue between material, space, and thought. It was in this atmosphere that the Galerie Charles Lienhard presented the works of Swiss sculptor Hans Aeschbacher. Born in 1906, Hans Aeschbacher belongs to that generation of artists marked by the upheavals of the 20th century. His work gradually moved away from figuration to embrace a monumental and almost meditative abstraction. His sculptures do not seek to represent the world: they seek to balance it. Marble, granite, stone, brass. Aeschbacher sculpts matter like an architect constructing a modern cathedral. His works seem to hold a tension between gravity and lightness, between mass and void. Some evoke the ruins of an imaginary future, others resemble silent monoliths emerging from a mineral landscape. In the 1950s and 1960s, he became an important figure in contemporary Swiss sculpture. Several of his works then joined public and private collections, museums, urban spaces, and cultural institutions. His artistic language dialogues with the Bauhaus, Constructivism, and post-war European modernism. The catalogue presented here is much more than a simple exhibition brochure. It is a direct testament to this demanding artistic era: original photographs of the sculptures, a portrait of the artist, detailed references for the works, dimensions, materials, collection provenances, and a minimalist layout typical of 1960s cultural graphic design. An important note printed in the work: « Alle Werke von Hans Aeschbacher sind Einzelstücke » (All works by Hans Aeschbacher are unique pieces.) One immediately understands, when leafing through these pages, that Galerie Charles Lienhard was not advocating decorative art but rather research-based art, intended for informed enthusiasts, architects, collectors, and institutions. Today, these gallery catalogues have acquired true documentary value. They tell the story of the art world before large international fairs, before massive speculation, when works still circulated within restricted and passionate circles. Original edition, Galerie Charles Lienhard, Zurich 7, September + October 1963. Condition: complete, signs of age and minor marks of use, well-preserved interior, slight patina consistent with age, very beautiful black and white graphic presence. A rare piece intended for lovers of modern art, abstract sculpture, Swiss design, and European art archives.
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- Brand: Hans Aeschbacher
- Style: art moderne
- Style: sculpture abstraite
- Style: design suisse
- Colour: noir et blanc
- Period: 1960s
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ConditionVery goodStyleModernism
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