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GUY TILLIM | LEOPOLD AND MOBUTU SERIES 15 THE LOOTED REMAINS OF MOBUTU SESE SEKO'S RESIDENCE AT GBADOLITE, SEPTEMBER 2003; LUBUMBASHI CITY HALL, DR CONGO, 2007; APARTMENT BUILDING, AVENUE KWAME NKRUMAH, MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE, 2007
Lot Closed
March 31, 02:31 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
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GUY TILLIM
South African
b.1962
LEOPOLD AND MOBUTU SERIES 15 THE LOOTED REMAINS OF MOBUTU SESE SEKO'S RESIDENCE AT GBADOLITE, SEPTEMBER 2003; LUBUMBASHI CITY HALL, DR CONGO, 2007; APARTMENT BUILDING, AVENUE KWAME NKRUMAH, MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE, 2007
each signed, titled and numbered 1/6 in pencil (lower margin)
Archival pigment print on cotton rag paper
(3)
each 43.6 by 65.4cm., 17¼ by 25¾in.(image); 49.6 by 71.4cm., 19½ by 28in.(sheet)
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Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town
Acquired by the above by the present owner
Sue Williamson, South African Art Now, New York, 2009, ‘The looted remains of Mobutu Sese Seko's residence at Gbadolite’ illustrated in colour p. 289
Art South Africa Volume 6, 2007, ‘Lubumbashi City Hall, DR Congo’ p. 220
Cape Town, Stevenson Gallery, Guy Tillim: Leopold and Mobutu, 12 May-19 June 2004 ('The looted remains of Mobutu Sese Seko's residence at Gbadolite')
Cape Town, Stevenson Gallery, Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba, 10 July-23 August 2008 ('Lubumbashi City Hall, DR Congo' and ' Apartment building, Avenue Kwame Nkrumah, Maputo, Mozambique')