Marco Breuer

Which art books, prints and posters are available by and about this artist? Here is a sample of items of interest to a typical collector:

Hardcover without dust jacket, as issued

ISBN:

9781908966902

Col*or

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Black Dog Publishing & Yossi Milo

2014

with:

Edition:

1st

Edition size:

Signed

Out of Print

Col*or

2014

Black Dog Publishing / Yossi Milo

Out of Print

Signed

Edition:

1st

Prior edition(s):

Hardcover without dust jacket, as issued

Conditon:

Fine

Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN:

9781597110334

Early Recordings

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Aperture

2007

with:

Edition:

1st

Edition size:

Out of Print

Early Recordings

2007

Aperture

Out of Print

Signed

Edition:

1st

Prior edition(s):

Hardcover with dust jacket

Conditon:

Near Fine

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All images

In Clamshell

ISBN:

9781597110334

Early Recordings, Ltd Edition

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Aperture

2007

with:

Edition:

1st

Edition size:

Signed and numbered 7/25 with polaroid Print

Out of Print

Early Recordings, Ltd Edition

2007

Aperture

Out of Print

Signed

Edition:

1st

Prior edition(s):

In Clamshell

Conditon:

Near Fine

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All images

Spiraled binding in slipcase with additional leaflet in back cover.

ISBN:

9780967077482

Marco Breuer’s S M T W T F S operates as an incisive physical intervention into the photographic medium, treating the photographic paper not merely as a passive surface for recording light, but as a robust sculptural material subject to burning, scraping, folding, and chemical abrasion.

Published by Karma in 2015, the volume documents Breuer’s rigorous, process-driven experiments where the traditional apparatus of the camera is often bypassed entirely. Instead, the artist engages in direct, tactile assaults on chromogenic paper, puncturing and scorching the emulsion to create abstract records of time, gesture, and elemental transformation.

The thematic core of the work investigates the fragility and materiality of photographic representation. By titling the monograph after the days of the week, Breuer underscores an obsessive, cyclical rhythm of labor and material degradation, capturing the passage of time through the literal scars inflicted upon the surface of the image.

Horowitz

2002

with:

Edition:

1st

Edition size:

1000

Out of Print

S M T W T F S

2002

Horowitz

Out of Print

Signed

Edition:

1st

Prior edition(s):

Spiraled binding in slipcase with additional leaflet in back cover.

Conditon:

Near Fine

Slipcased

ISBN:

Tremors, Ephemera

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Horowitz

2000

with:

Edition:

1st

Edition size:

Out of Print

Tremors, Ephemera

2000

Horowitz

Out of Print

Signed

Edition:

1st

Prior edition(s):

Slipcased

Conditon:

Near Fine

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All images

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Burned gelatin silver print

Framed size:

unframed

Fuse/Day, 1999

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Marco Breuer’s Fuse Day (1999) operates as a radical, process-driven intervention into the photographic medium, bypassing the camera entirely to investigate the physical properties of photographic paper.

Rather than recording an external optical scene, Breuer subjects chromogenic paper to direct heat, burning, and chemical abrasion. In this work, the application of intense heat causes the emulsion to blister, scorch, and fracture, creating jagged, luminous striations of white and amber against a deep, velvety black void. The resulting surface bears the literal scars of elemental transformation, recording the passage of time and physical energy through destruction.

Within Breuer's broader oeuvre, Fuse Day exemplifies his pioneering exploration of photography as a tactile, sculptural object. By treating the print surface not as a transparent window onto the world but as an autonomous material subject to physical forces, the work challenges conventional notions of representation and elevates process-driven abstraction to the forefront of contemporary art.

Edition:

Unique work

Image size:

48.3 x 39.4 cm

Year of work:

1999

Provenance:

Roth Horowitz Gallery

Fuse/Day, 1999

Icon to idincate that no image of the print is available

Marco Breuer

or applicable right holders.

edition:

Unique work

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Image size:

48.3 x 39.4 cm

Year of work:

1999

Polaroid

Printed in

2007

Framed size:

unframed

Early Recordings

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Special edition with book

Edition:

7/25

Image size:

10 x 12.7 cm

Provenance:

Aperture

Early Recordings

Marco Breuer

or applicable right holders.

edition:

7/25

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Image size:

10 x 12.7 cm

Year of work:

No items found.

Marco Breuer (born 1966 in Landshut, Germany) is a pioneering conceptual and contemporary photographer known for his radical, process-driven interventions that bypass the traditional camera entirely. Rather than capturing light through a lens, Breuer physically engages with photographic materials, directly burning, scratching, folding, puncturing, and chemically altering chromogenic paper to create abstract records of time, gesture, and elemental transformation.

His practice treats the photographic surface not as a passive medium for recording an external world, but as a robust sculptural object subject to physical forces. Working often in series or cyclical groupings that explore the tactile traces of labor and material degradation, his compositions reveal intricate, unexpected textures, rich velvety blacks, and subtle shifts of color born from direct destruction.

His work has been exhibited internationally and collected by major cultural institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, cementing his legacy as a vital figure who continually pushes the boundaries of what constitutes photographic art.