Lot 163
  • 163

Gilbert and George

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gilbert and George
  • Erosnow (A Post-Card Sculpture)
  • signed, titled and dated 1980

  • postcard collage on card

  • 81 by 112cm.; 31 7/8 by 44 1/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1980

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the paper tone tends more towards cream in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is slightly time stained throughout. There are a few tiny pin head-sized imperfections scattered to the sheet. On close inspection there is a tiny surface loss to the paper to the left of the left hand postcards. There is a tiny tear to the sheet adjacent to the lower left corner. There are three light patches of discolouration at intervals on the left side of the lower extreme edge.
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