{"product_id":"urs-luthi-autoportraits-galerie-stadler-paris-1985","title":"Urs Lüthi — Autoportraits, Galerie Stadler, Paris, 1985","description":"\u003cp\u003e15.5 × 22.5 cm folded \/ 31 × 22.5 cm unfolded. Offset print on folded card stock. Photographs: Roland Gretler. Printed by Imp. Union Paris. Good vintage condition with light age toning, handling wear, scattered surface marks, and gentle edge wear consistent with age and use. Fold remains strong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal folded exhibition invitation issued by Galerie Stadler for Urs Lüthi’s \u003cem\u003eAutoportraits\u003c\/em\u003e, 25 April – 25 May 1985. Vernissage: Thursday 25 April, 18:00–20:00. Galerie Stadler, 51 Rue de Seine, 75006 Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe invitation announces two new bodies of work: \u003cem\u003eAutoportraits de la série des Grands Sentiments\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAutoportraits de la série des Croquis Téléphoniques\u003c\/em\u003e. Beyond the exhibition details, it incorporates a short text by Rodolphe Stadler alongside colour reproductions of two paintings — \u003cem\u003eAutoportrait, de la série des grands sentiments\u003c\/em\u003e, 1985, acrylique sur toile, 200 × 150 cm, and \u003cem\u003eAutoportrait, de la série des croquis téléphoniques\u003c\/em\u003e, 1985, acrylique sur toile, 200 × 150 cm — positioning the object somewhere between invitation, exhibition guide, and small publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the mid-1980s, Lüthi had established an international reputation through photography, performance, and conceptual self-portraiture. The works presented here register a shift toward painting without abandoning the central question that had animated his practice since the late 1960s: the self as image, construction, and repeated proposition. Rather than recording identity, these paintings continue its staging through another medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGalerie Stadler occupied a singular position within post-war Paris, presenting artists whose practices crossed Conceptual Art, performance, Minimalism, and post-war European experimentation. This invitation belongs to that wider infrastructure of circulation: a printed support produced to announce an exhibition, retained beyond its immediate function.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamples survive less frequently than standard invitation cards. The larger folded format, extended text, and colour reproductions place it closer to an ephemeral exhibition publication than a conventional private-view announcement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included in the listed price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53804325634386,"sku":"LUTHI-STADLER-INV-1985","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Luthi_Urs._Show_invite_Autoportraits_._1985_210c16bc-e645-463a-99cd-10d206892174.jpg?v=1781966027","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/urs-luthi-autoportraits-galerie-stadler-paris-1985","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}