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WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ILEANA SONNABEND AND THE ESTATE OF NINA CASTELLI SUNDELL
GILBERT & GEORGE (B. 1943 & B. 1942)
The Shape of Drinks to Come
Details
GILBERT & GEORGE (B. 1943 & B. 1942)
The Shape of Drinks to Come
each: titled 'The Shape of Drinks to Come' (on label affixed to the reverse); numbered consecutively '1-5' (on the reverse)
gelatin silver print in artist's frame, in five parts
smallest: 3 ½ x 5 ½in. (8.9 x 14cm.)
largest: 10 x 8in. (25.4 x 20.3cm.)
overall: 9 7⁄8 x 37 3/8in. (25 x 93cm.)
Executed in 1973
The Shape of Drinks to Come
each: titled 'The Shape of Drinks to Come' (on label affixed to the reverse); numbered consecutively '1-5' (on the reverse)
gelatin silver print in artist's frame, in five parts
smallest: 3 ½ x 5 ½in. (8.9 x 14cm.)
largest: 10 x 8in. (25.4 x 20.3cm.)
overall: 9 7⁄8 x 37 3/8in. (25 x 93cm.)
Executed in 1973
Provenance
The Ileana Sonnabend Collection.
Nina Castelli Sundell (by descent from the above).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Nina Castelli Sundell (by descent from the above).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Gilbert & George, exh.cat., Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Milan, 1996 (installation view at Sonnabend Gallery, illustrated, p. 65).
GILBERT & GEORGE THE COMPLETE PICTURES 1971-1985, exh. cat., Bordeaux, CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, 1986, p. 270 (illustrated, p. 53).
R. Fuchs (ed.), Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures 1971-2005, Volume I 1971-1988, London 2007, p. 619 (illustrated, p. 141).
GILBERT & GEORGE THE COMPLETE PICTURES 1971-1985, exh. cat., Bordeaux, CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, 1986, p. 270 (illustrated, p. 53).
R. Fuchs (ed.), Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures 1971-2005, Volume I 1971-1988, London 2007, p. 619 (illustrated, p. 141).
Exhibited
New York, Sonnabend Gallery, Modern Rubbish, 1973.
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