Lot 251
  • 251

Wolfgang Tillmans

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Wolfgang Tillmans
  • (i) Concorde L432-15(ii) Concorde L433-8(iii) Concorde L440-7A
  • (i)-(iii) c-type colour print
  • each: 32 by 22cm.; 12 5/8 by 8 5/8 in.
  • (i) Executed in 1997, this work is number 1 from an edition of 10. (ii)-(iii) Executed in 1997, this work is number 2 from an edition of 10.

Provenance

Maureen Paley, London
Thomas Dane, London
Private Collection, Ireland

Literature

Wolfgang Tillmans, Concorde, Cologne 1997, n.p., illustration of another example in colour
Peter Halley, Wolfgang Tillmans, London 2002, pp. 96-97, illustration of another example in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, London, Tate Britain, Wolfgang Tillmans: If One Thing Matters, Everything Matters, 2003, pp. 131-134, illustration of another example in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly richer and deeper with sharper contrasts in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Each print is hinged to a backing mount at intervals on the reverse. The first work according to the catalogue illustration has several extremely fine unobtrusive scratches in the lower part, visible upon close inspection in raking light.
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