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Minutes

Wolfgang Lettl1980

Lettl Collection

Lettl Collection
Augsburg, Germany

The grey frame indicates the dimension in which we live. We perceive the surface of the frame as belonging to our world.

The pliers symbolize the human need to hold on to something, to hold on by force if need be.

Time, which belongs to a different dimension, may be measured but not held on to.

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  • Title: Minutes
  • Creator: Wolfgang Lettl
  • Creator Lifespan: 1919/2008
  • Creator Nationality: German
  • Creator Death Place: Augsburg
  • Creator Birth Place: Augsburg
  • Date Created: 1980
  • Location Created: Augsburg
  • Style: Surrealism
  • Physical Dimensions: w58 x h30 cm (without frame)
  • Original Title: Minuten
  • Subject Keywords: Surrealism, Lettl, clock, pipe wrench
  • Type: Oil Painting
  • Rights: Florian Lettl
  • External Link: Audio: Dimensionen
  • Medium: oil paint, medium-density fibreboard
  • Art Movement: surrealism
  • Art Form: painting in oil
Lettl Collection

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