BRUDERKUSS
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Numbered by hand

BRUDERKUSSWall Piece

€50.00

VAT-exempt under § 19 UStG · plus shipping

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Maximum 5 pieces per order.

Handmade in Berlin by the Vrubel family ·Numbered by hand

Size
17 cm h × 8 cm d × 5.5 cm w
Materials
PETG core, acrylic paint, applied print, clear varnish
Finish
paint and print applied by hand; minor variations are part of the work. Edition numbered by hand.

About the BRUDERKUSS Wall Piece

The BRUDERKUSS Wall Piece is a small handmade object from Berlin. It carries Dmitry Vrubel’s East Side Gallery mural, "My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love", the one everybody calls the Bruderkuss.

The kiss itself is the socialist fraternal kiss between Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker, photographed in 1979 and painted onto the Berlin Wall eleven years later. It is the most photographed stretch of the gallery.

At 17 centimetres it stands on a shelf or a desk without taking the place over.

  • Finished by hand in Berlin, each one numbered.
  • Sized for a shelf or a desk: 17 × 8 × 5.5 cm.
  • Taken from the East Side Gallery mural, painted in 1990.

Seventeen centimetres, in a real room.

On a white background it could be any size. Here it is next to things you probably already own.

  • The BRUDERKUSS Wall Piece on an oak shelf beside a blue vase of dried lavender

    On a shelf, beside the vase.

  • The BRUDERKUSS Wall Piece on a wooden sideboard next to a small speaker of about the same height

    Next to a small speaker, near enough the same height.

  • The BRUDERKUSS Wall Piece on a live-edge oak console against a dark blue wall

    On a console, against a dark wall.

  • The BRUDERKUSS Wall Piece on a glass side table beside a house plant

    On a side table, next to the sofa.

  • The BRUDERKUSS Wall Piece on a wooden table among fairy lights

    On a table, among the fairy lights.

  • Size

    17 cm h × 8 cm d × 5.5 cm w

Every piece carries its own digital certificate.

An integrated NTAG215 NFC chip opens a unique certificate on verify.bruderkuss.art, confirming that the piece is authentic and recording its edition number.

  1. 1Tap the piece
  2. 2Open the unique certificate
  3. 3Verify edition & authenticity

No app required. The certificate is tied to this individual piece.

FAQ

How is each Wall Piece made?
The core is printed. Everything after that I do by hand: the paint, the image, the varnish, the NFC chip and the number. Small differences between pieces come with that.
Where does the image come from?
From Dmitry Vrubel’s mural at the East Side Gallery. He was my father.

Display

  • indoor only
  • dust with a soft, dry cloth
  • avoid direct sunlight
  • avoid temperatures over 30 C°

Wall Piece

€50.00