Lot 416
  • 416

Gilbert & George

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gilbert & George
  • Piss City
  • signed, titled and dated 1998
  • mixed media, in four parts
  • each: 63.5 by 75cm.; 25 by 29 1/2 in.
  • overall: 127 by 150cm.; 50 by 59in.

Provenance

Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Milton Keynes, MK Gallery; Los Angeles, Gagosian Gallery, Gilbert & George: The Rudimentary Pictures, 1999-2000

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue: Lisbon, Fundação Centro Cultural de Belem, A Arte de Gilbert & George, 2002, illustrated in colour
Rudi Fuchs, Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures 1971 - 2005, Vol. II, London 2007, p. 954, illustrated in colour
Hans Ulrich Obrist and Inigo Philbrick, Gilbert & George: Art Titles 1969 - 2010 in Alphabetical Order, Cologne 2011, p. 58, mentioned

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is much deeper and richer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Very close inspection reveals evidence very light wear to the frame and plexiglass in isolated places.
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