PETER WÜTHRICH (Bern, 1962)."Literary portrait.Mixed media (set of nine books).Provenance: Important Spanish Collection.Size: 20 x 13,5 x 2 cm (each).Since the beginning of the 1990s, Peter Wüthrich's work has focused on the object "book", which he takes as the theme and constituent unit of all his creations. For the artist, the book has a threefold value: on the one hand, abstract aesthetic (because of its colour and monochromatic surface); on the other hand, sculptural (because of its physical presence, sometimes ephemeral) and, finally, Pop (as a consumer object).Peter Wüthrich has shown his work in solo exhibitions held in institutions around the world such as: Paulo Coelho et Christina Oiticica Foundation, Ginevra (2019), La Chartreuse de la Lance, Concise (2017), Kunsthalle, Mannheim (2012), University Museum of Contemporary Art, Massachusetts (2007), Fondation pour l'art contemporain Salomon, Annecy (2006), OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz (2005), Kunsthalle, Winterthur (2003), CGAC Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela (2001), Rupertinum, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg and Kunsthalle und Kunstverein, Bremerhaven (2000), Kunstverein, Freiburg and Neue Galerie, Dachau (1999), Kunstverein, Friedrichshafen (1998), Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl and Institut für moderne Kunst, Nuremberg (1997), Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen (1996). His work is also exhibited in private collections: Fondation pour l'art contemporain Salomon, Annecy; Espace d'art contemporain HEC, Paris; Collection Croix Rouge, Monaco; BSI, Banca della Svizzera italiana, Monaco; Kunsthalle & Kunstverein Bremerhaven; Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg; Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen; Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Karlsruhe; Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl; Kunstsammlung des Deutschen Bundestages, Berlin; Städtisches Museum, Jena; OK Center for contemporary Art, Linz; MART, Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto; ASSAB ONE, Milano; Kunstsammlung Helvetia Versicherungen, Basel; Kunstsammlung Hoffmann- La Roche, Basel; Kunstsammlung Klinik Hirslanden, Zürich; Kunstsammlung Schweizerische Mobiliar, Bern; Graphische Sammlung, Nationalbibliothek, Bern; Kunstsammlung des Kantons Bern; Kunstmuseum Thun and Kunstmuseum Solothurn, among others.