abstract pleasures
For abstract pleasures, a series of six works, Thomas Zipp combined photogravure with a number of etching techniques and letters, which he hand-punched into copper plates. The photogravure plates depict various motives, among them a neglected plastic plant from the artist’s studio, and apple, or a table with items scattered over it.
Two of the works depict scenes from Zipp’s performances, which often feature so-called Resusci Anne or Rescue Anne dolls. They were originally invented for reanimation training in the late 1950s and have been produced serially since the 1960s. The doll’s face was modelled after The Unknown Woman from the Seine (L’Inconnue de la Seine), a young woman who presumably committed suicide, and whose body was found in Paris by the river Seine around 1900. Her death mask was reproduced frequently and became popular among Paris artists and intellectuals of the time because of the face’s exceptional beauty and mysterious smile.

abstract pleasures # 3, 2017
€2.500
(incl. 25% Danish VAT €500)
Inquire series of 6- Print technique
- Letters punched in copper plate Photogravure on Somerset 300 g
Paper size 75 x 59.5 cm – Plate size 63.5 x 49.5 cm
- Edition
- Edition of 12
- Series/Set
- Series of 6
- Printer
- Printed by Mette Ulstrup
- Publisher
- Published by Niels Borch Jensen Editions
- Signed by:
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- Registration no
- ID: ThZ 17 003-1
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abstract pleasures # 1, 2017
€2.500
(incl. 25% Danish VAT €500)
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- Drypoint Photogravure on Somerset 300 g
Paper size 75 x 59.5 cm – Plate size 63.5 x 49.5 cm
- Edition
- Edition of 12
- Series/Set
- Series of 6
- Printer
- Printed by Mette Ulstrup
- Publisher
- Published by Niels Borch Jensen Editions
- Signed by:
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- Registration no
- ID: ThZ 17 001-1
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abstract pleasures # 2, 2017
€2.500
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Inquire series of 6- Print technique
- Letters punched in copper plate Photogravure Sugar lift aquatint on Somerset 300 g
Paper size 75 x 59.5 cm – Plate size 63.5 x 49.5 cm
- Edition
- Edition of 12
- Series/Set
- Series of 6
- Printer
- Printed by Mette Ulstrup
- Publisher
- Published by Niels Borch Jensen Editions
- Signed by:
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- Registration no
- ID: ThZ 17 002-1
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abstract pleasures # 4, 2017
€2.500
(incl. 25% Danish VAT €500)
Inquire series of 6- Print technique
- Letters punched in copper plate Photogravure on Somerset 300 g
Paper size 75 x 59.5 cm – Plate size 63.5 x 49.5 cm
- Edition
- Edition of 12
- Series/Set
- Series of 6
- Printer
- Printed by Mette Ulstrup
- Publisher
- Published by Niels Borch Jensen Editions
- Signed by:
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- Registration no
- ID: ThZ 17 004-1
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abstract pleasures # 5, 2017
€2.500
(incl. 25% Danish VAT €500)
Inquire series of 6- Print technique
- Letters punched in copper plate Photogravure on Somerset 300 g
Paper size 75 x 59.5 cm – Plate size 63.5 x 49.5 cm
- Edition
- Edition of 12
- Series/Set
- Series of 6
- Printer
- Printed by Mette Ulstrup
- Publisher
- Published by Niels Borch Jensen Editions
- Signed by:
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- Registration no
- ID: ThZ 17 005-1
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abstract pleasures # 6, 2017
€2.500
(incl. 25% Danish VAT €500)
Inquire series of 6- Print technique
- Letters punched in copper plate Photogravure on Somerset 300 g
Paper size 75 x 59.5 cm – Plate size 63.5 x 49.5 cm
- Edition
- Edition of 12
- Series/Set
- Series of 6
- Printer
- Printed by Mette Ulstrup
- Publisher
- Published by Niels Borch Jensen Editions
- Signed by:
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- Registration no
- ID: ThZ 17 006-1
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abstract pleasures # 6, 2017
€2.500
(incl. 25% Danish VAT €500)
Inquire series of 6- Print technique
- Letters punched in copper plate Photogravure on Somerset 300 g
Paper size 75 x 59.5 cm – Plate size 63.5 x 49.5 cm
- Edition
- Edition of 12
- Series/Set
- Series of 6
- Printer
- Printed by Mette Ulstrup
- Publisher
- Published by Niels Borch Jensen Editions
- Signed by:
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- Registration no
- ID: ThZ 17 006-1
Have further questions? Ask a specialist or visit our Terms & Conditions.