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elegy, everything you remember, I-III, the reader, installation view 2016
Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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elegy, everything you remember, I-III, the reader, installation view

elegy, everything you remember, I-III, the reader, installation view2016

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

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Frieze Art Fair, London
elegy (Odessa) 2016
Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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elegy (Odessa)

elegy (Odessa)2016
17 porcelain vessels, 5 silver pieces and 3 alabaster blocks in 6 aluminium and plexiglass vitrines
Each vitrine 50 × 38 × 10 cm; overall 50 × 253 × 10 cm

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

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Frieze Art Fair, London

everything you remember, I, 2016

Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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everything you remember, I

everything you remember, I, 2016

From a series of 3 pieces; 24 porcelain vessels, 1 Cor-Ten steel block, 6 graphite blocks and 5 tin boxes in an aluminium, wood and plexiglass vitrine
Each piece 170 × 110 × 13.5 cm

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

Video & Audio
Frieze Art Fair, London
everything you remember, III, white sail, the reader, installation view 2016
Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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everything you remember, III, white sail, the reader, installation view

everything you remember, III, white sail, the reader, installation view2016

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

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Frieze Art Fair, London
white sail 2016
Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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white sail

white sail2016
26 porcelain vessels with gilding, porcelain shards with gilding, 1 porcelain tile, 2 silver pieces, 7 tin boxes and 14 alabaster blocks in an aluminium, wood and plexiglass vitrine.
170 × 110 × 13.5 cm

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

Video & Audio
Frieze Art Fair, London
the reader, white sail, in Czernowitz (for Paul Celan), installation view 2016
Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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the reader, white sail, in Czernowitz (for Paul Celan), installation view

the reader, white sail, in Czernowitz (for Paul Celan), installation view2016

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

Video & Audio
Frieze Art Fair, London
in Czernowitz (for Paul Celan) 2016
Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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in Czernowitz (for Paul Celan)

in Czernowitz (for Paul Celan)2016
10 porcelain vessels, 4 silver pieces and 5 tin boxes and lead elements in 3 black aluminium and plexiglass vitrines
118 × 50 × 10 cm

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

Video & Audio
Frieze Art Fair, London
the reader, what's left, II & V, lacrimae, I-III, installation view 2016
Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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the reader, what's left, II & V, lacrimae, I-III, installation view

the reader, what's left, II & V, lacrimae, I-III, installation view2016

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

Video & Audio
Frieze Art Fair, London
lacrimae, IV 2016
Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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lacrimae, IV

lacrimae, IV2016
From a series of 5 works; 8 porcelain vessels and 3 Cor-Ten steel blocks in a wood and plexiglass vitrine
90 × 50 × 15 cm

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

Video & Audio
Frieze Art Fair, London
lacrimae, IV (detail) 2016
Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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lacrimae, IV (detail)

lacrimae, IV (detail)2016
From a series of 5 works; 8 porcelain vessels and 3 Cor-Ten steel blocks in a wood and plexiglass vitrine
90 × 50 × 15 cm

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

Video & Audio
Frieze Art Fair, London
infra 2016
Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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infra

infra2016
5 porcelain vessels with 18 pieces of lead and 4 pieces of Cor-Ten steel in 5 aluminium and plexiglass vitrines
21 × 91 × 10 cm

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

Video & Audio
Frieze Art Fair, London
to break your heart, II-IV, what's left, II & V, the reader, installation view 2016
Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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to break your heart, II-IV, what's left, II & V, the reader, installation view

to break your heart, II-IV, what's left, II & V, the reader, installation view2016

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

Video & Audio
Frieze Art Fair, London
what's left, IV 2016
Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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what's left, IV

what's left, IV2016
From a series of 9 works; 5 porcelain vessels and 1 alabaster block in a free-standing vitrine of mild steel, corian and plexiglass
58 × 41 × 15 cm

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

Video & Audio
Frieze Art Fair, London
everything you'll ever need, II, what's left II & V, to break your heart, II-IV, installation view 2016
Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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everything you'll ever need, II, what's left II & V, to break your heart, II-IV, installation view

everything you'll ever need, II, what's left II & V, to break your heart, II-IV, installation view2016

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

Video & Audio
Frieze Art Fair, London
give it shadow enough 2016
Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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give it shadow enough

give it shadow enough2016
3 porcelain vessels with 4 pieces of lead in 3 aluminium and plexiglass vitrines
Overall 27 × 28.5 × 8 cm

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

Video & Audio
Frieze Art Fair, London
in Czernowitz (for Paul Celan), what's left, II & V, lachrimae I-IV, installation view 2016
Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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in Czernowitz (for Paul Celan), what's left, II & V, lachrimae I-IV, installation view

in Czernowitz (for Paul Celan), what's left, II & V, lachrimae I-IV, installation view2016

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

Video & Audio
Frieze Art Fair, London

music at night, 2016

Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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music at night

music at night, 2016

7 porcelain vessels with 28 pieces of lead in 7 aluminium and plexiglass vitrines
65.5 × 27 × 8 cm

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

Video & Audio
Frieze Art Fair, London
i.m. 2016
Photography: Mike Bruce, courtesy Gagosian
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i.m.

i.m.2016
3 porcelain vessels with pieces of Cor-Ten steel in 3 aluminium and plexiglass vitrines
Overall 21 × 52.8 × 10 cm

Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016

In his first solo exhibition for Gagosian gallery in London, Edmund de Waal showed ten new works at Frieze Art Fair. For this body of work, de Waal drew on memories and recollections in a series of elegies to the people and places most important him - his great-grandfather, the poet Paul Celan, Odessa, Czernowitz and Paris. And alongside porcelain vessels, de Waal introduced new materials to his vitrines, including graphite, silver and alabaster.

Video & Audio
Frieze Art Fair, London

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