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FOR ART'S SAKE: SELECTED WORKS BY TIQUI ATENCIO & AGO DEMIRDJIAN
GILBERT & GEORGE (B. 1943 & B. 1942)
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Details
GILBERT & GEORGE (B. 1943 & B. 1942)
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signed 'Gilbert and George' (lower right); each: consecutively numbered '1-9' (on the artist's label affixed to the reverse)
hand-dyed gelatin silver prints, in artist's frame, in nine parts
each: 25 x 29 ¾in. (63.5 x 75.5cm.)
overall: 75 x 89 1/8in. (190.5 x 226.5cm.)
Executed in 2004
ALLAH
signed 'Gilbert and George' (lower right); each: consecutively numbered '1-9' (on the artist's label affixed to the reverse)
hand-dyed gelatin silver prints, in artist's frame, in nine parts
each: 25 x 29 ¾in. (63.5 x 75.5cm.)
overall: 75 x 89 1/8in. (190.5 x 226.5cm.)
Executed in 2004
Provenance
Bernier/Eliades, Athens.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2004.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2004.
Literature
F. Jonquet, Gilbert & George: intimate conversations with François Jonquet, London 2004, no. 14 (illustrated in colour, pp. 348-349).
Gilbert & George: Ginkgo Pictures, exh. cat., Venice, British Pavillion, 51st Venice Biennale, 2005 (installation view at Gallery Bernier/Eliades in 2004, illustrated in colour, pp. 72-73).
R. Fuchs, Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures 1971-2005, Volume 2, 1988-2005, London 2007, p. 1235 (illustrated in colour, p. 1091; detail illustrated in colour, p. 1105).
Gilbert & George: Ginkgo Pictures, exh. cat., Venice, British Pavillion, 51st Venice Biennale, 2005 (installation view at Gallery Bernier/Eliades in 2004, illustrated in colour, pp. 72-73).
R. Fuchs, Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures 1971-2005, Volume 2, 1988-2005, London 2007, p. 1235 (illustrated in colour, p. 1091; detail illustrated in colour, p. 1105).
Exhibited
Athens, Gallery Bernier/Eliades, Gilbert & George. Thirteen Hooligan Pictures 2004, 2004, p. 12 (illustrated in colour, p. 13).
Further Details
Please note that this lot, including its title, contains imagery that may be sensitive to certain viewers.
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