Lutz Bacher

American | 1943 - 2019

Lutz Bacher was an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1943. Her work is currently being shown at Kölnischer Kunstverein in Cologne. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Galerie Buchholz, Cologne have featured Lutz Bacher's work in the past.Lutz Bacher's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 2,500 USD to 44,450 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2018 the record price for this artist at auction is 44,450 USD for Jackie, sold at Sotheby's New York in 2024. Lutz Bacher has been featured in articles for Kunstkritikk, WHITEWALL and The Art Newspaper. The most recent article is “Form Matters, Matter Forms” at Kunst Museum Winterthur written for MOUSSE Magazine in October 2024. The artist died in 2019.

At Auction

Notable Lots

My Penis ,1992

By Lutz Bacher

+35%

above mid-estimate

"Jokes" (William)

By Lutz Bacher

Playboys (Sheikdom) ,1993

By Lutz Bacher

+53%

above mid-estimate

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Recent Auction Results

Jackie ,2017

By Lutz Bacher

+255%

above mid-estimate

Sotheby's New York

River Landscape ,1985

By Lutz Bacher

Broward Auction Gallery

Menstrual Extraction Kit video - Lutz Bacher

Menstrual Extraction Kit video ,1991

By Lutz Bacher

-17%

below mid-estimate

Rago Arts and Auction Center

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Current Exhibitions

Super Mobel

Kölnischer Kunstverein

Cologne | Germany

Feb 21,2025 - May 04,2025

Past Exhibitions

Dietrich

Galerie Francesca Pia

Zürich | Switzerland

Jun 07,2024 - Aug 23,2024

Composition for the Left Hand. With Works from the Kagge Collection

Kode, Rasmus Meyer

Bergen | Norway

Feb 16,2024 - Jun 09,2024

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Articles

“Form Matters, Matter Forms” at Kunst Museum Winterthur

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Coverage

“ ..Known for three decades as a “cult” artist of profound influence, she achieved mainstream international acclaim in the final decade of her forty-year career... ”
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UCI Art Gallery

“ ..Through rearrangement, distortion, and estrangement, Bacher destabilizes the appearance and mode of expression of her materials, generating ruptures and making new constellations possible... ”
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K21, Kunstsammlung NRW

“ ..Instead, Bacher’s work allows itself to be assertive and esoteric at once, humorous and intimate, real and fictitious... ”
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Portikus

“ ..Occupying an important position in contemporary art practice, Lutz Bacher’s work is receiving increasing levels of international recognition... ”
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Institute of Contemporary Arts, London

“ ..Bacher’s photographs, sculptural arrangements, videos, sound pieces, and expansive installations incorporate images and objects that are fixed in collective memory and easily retrieved: press photographs... ”
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Wiener Secession