Lot 456
  • 456

Richard Billingham

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Richard Billingham
  • (I) Untitled (RAL 49)(II) Untitled (NRAL 17)(III) Untitled (RAL 33)(IV) Untitled (RAL 37)(V) Untitled (RAL 36)(VI) Untitled (NRAL 33)(VII) Untitled (RAL 3)(VIII) Untitled (RAL 21)(IX) Untitled (NRAL 18)(X) Untitled (RAL 22)
  • (i), (vii) signed, dated 1995 and numbered 4/5 on the reverse
    (ii) signed, dated 1994 and numbered 2/5 on the reverse
    (iii) signed, dated 1990 and numbered 1/5 on the reverse
    (iv) signed, dated 1994 and numbered 7/10 on the reverse
    (vi) signed, dated 1995 and numbered 3/7 on the reverse
    (viii), (x) signed, dated 1995 and numbered 4/10 on the reverse
    (ix) signed, dated 1996 and numbered 2/7 on the reverse

  • each: colour coupler print mounted on aluminium
  • (i), (iv) 50 by 75cm.; 19 3/4 by 29 1/2 in.; (ii), (iii), (v), (vii) 105 by 158cm.; 41 5/8 by 62 1/4 in.; (vi) 80 by 120cm.; 31 1/2 by 47 1/4 in.;
  • (viii), (x) 75 by 50cm.; 29 1/2 by 19 3/4 in.; (ix) 120 by 80cm.; 47 1/4 by 31 1/2 in.

Provenance

Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London

Exhibited

(x) New York, Museum of Modern Art, New Photography 12, 1996-1997

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: These works are in very good condition. Some of the images have very minor wear to some their extreme corner tips and edges. (iii) has a very faint media splash to the lower left quadrant. (vi) has a tiny spot of lifting to the upper section of the extreme left vertical edge; two faint horizontal rub marks to the left of the figure's head; one further rub mark to the lower right corner. (vii) there is a narrow ladder pattern of very faint horizontal rub marks to the lower section of the extreme left hand vertical edge and a tiny rub to the right figure's left leg. (ix) there are very minor media accretions to the centre of the bottom and left vertical edges and there is a faint rub mark in the lower right corner.
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