{"product_id":"thomas-demand-german-b-1964-detail-xii-2012","title":"Thomas Demand (German, b. 1964) Detail XII 2012","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDetail XII 2012\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thomas Demand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Detail XII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chromogenic print mounted on aluminium\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage Size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 52.7 × 47.0 cm (20 3\/4 × 18 1\/2 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheet Size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 61.0 × 51.0 cm (24 × 20 1\/8 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 36 — signed, dated and numbered\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Signed, dated and numbered lower margin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrame:\u003c\/strong\u003e Framed (silver aluminium frame, as shown)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Limited edition chromogenic print\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDetail XII\u003c\/em\u003e (2012) is a work that encapsulates Thomas Demand's practice with characteristic precision and characteristic ambiguity. A fragment of what appears to be a control panel or industrial equipment fills the foreground in sharp focus — grey, matte, institutional — while the background dissolves into a soft blur of green walls, yellow surfaces, and unidentifiable coloured elements. The image has the quality of a found photograph, a documentary record of a specific space at a specific moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt is not. Nothing in a Thomas Demand photograph is what it appears to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDemand's entire practice is built on a radical deception: he constructs full-scale models of real spaces — factories, offices, government rooms, crime scenes, private interiors — from paper and cardboard, photographs them, then destroys the model. What remains is only the photograph. The spaces depicted are simultaneously real (based on documentary sources, often relating to historical events) and entirely fabricated (every surface is paper, every texture is constructed). The photograph records something that never existed, based on something that did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDetail XII\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to Demand's \u003cem\u003eDetail\u003c\/em\u003e series — works in which he photographs close-up fragments of his paper constructions, the cropping and focus deliberately obscuring the material nature of the model and maximising the ambiguity between the real and the constructed. The soft background blur, the sharp foreground, the institutional grey palette — all are choices made in the construction of the paper model as much as in the photography itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDemand's work is held in the permanent collections of MoMA, the Tate, the Pompidou, and the Guggenheim. His large-format chromogenic prints consistently achieve five and six-figure results at auction. This example — from an edition of 36, signed, dated and numbered — is presented in a silver aluminium frame and is in excellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping \u0026amp; Delivery:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✔ Worldwide shipping from France\u003cbr\u003e✔ Professional packaging with insurance\u003cbr\u003e✔ Tracking number included for secure delivery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/collections\/jr?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=JR\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\"\u003e➡️ See all available JR works\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003e➡️ Contact us for any inquiries\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFAQ \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this an original Thomas Demand photograph?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes — an original chromogenic print mounted on aluminium, signed, dated and numbered by the artist from an edition of 36.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat makes Thomas Demand's photographs distinctive?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDemand constructs full-scale models of real spaces from paper and cardboard, photographs them, then destroys the model. The photograph is the only remaining record of something that never existed, based on documentary sources relating to real events or spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the Detail series?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eDetail\u003c\/em\u003e series comprises close-up photographs of fragments of Demand's paper constructions — cropped and focused to maximise the ambiguity between the real and the constructed, the document and the fabrication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the edition size?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e36 impressions — a notably small edition for a work of this scale and significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the work framed?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes — framed in a silver aluminium frame, as shown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo you ship internationally?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes — worldwide, with museum-grade packaging for framed aluminium-mounted works, full insurance, and shipment tracking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eYou might also love \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/fr\/collections\/obey-shepard-fairey?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=shepard\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eShepard Fairey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e— explore the collection !\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cartplacer type=\"1\" data_capture_form=\"false\" catalog=\"false\" unit=\"cm\" dimensions_standard=\"hxw\" rotate=\"false\" frames=\"true\" resizable=\"false\" button_width=\"auto\" position=\"below-add\" default_style=\"true\" gallery=\"109863\"\u003e\u003c\/artplacer\u003e \u003cartplacer additional_spaces=\"122633\" space=\"122633\" type=\"2\" data_capture_form=\"false\" catalog=\"false\" unit=\"cm\" dimensions_standard=\"hxw\" rotate=\"false\" frames=\"true\" resizable=\"false\" button_width=\"auto\" position=\"below-add\" default_style=\"true\" gallery=\"109863\"\u003e\u003c\/artplacer\u003e \u003cartplacer type=\"3\" unit=\"cm\" dimensions_standard=\"hxw\" button_width=\"auto\" position=\"below-add\" default_style=\"true\" gallery=\"109863\"\u003e\u003c\/artplacer\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Demand","offers":[{"title":"61.0 × 51.0 cm","offer_id":54770979864922,"sku":null,"price":3900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0243\/8699\/4210\/files\/Thomasdemand.png?v=1789124023","url":"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/fr\/products\/thomas-demand-german-b-1964-detail-xii-2012","provider":"LYNART STORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}