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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
GILBERT & GEORGE (B. 1943 & B. 1942)
THREE WAYS
Details
GILBERT & GEORGE (B. 1943 & B. 1942)
THREE WAYS
signed, titled and dated 'THREE WAYS Gilbert & George 1984' (lower right)
hand-dyed gelatin silver print and silver leaf, in artist's frame, in thirty parts
each: 24 x 20in. (60.9 x 50.8cm.)
overall: 120 x 120in. (304.5 x 304.8cm.)
Executed in 1984
THREE WAYS
signed, titled and dated 'THREE WAYS Gilbert & George 1984' (lower right)
hand-dyed gelatin silver print and silver leaf, in artist's frame, in thirty parts
each: 24 x 20in. (60.9 x 50.8cm.)
overall: 120 x 120in. (304.5 x 304.8cm.)
Executed in 1984
Provenance
Galleria Pieroni, Rome (acquired directly from the artist).
Private Collection, United States (acquired from the above in 1987).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 14 November 2012, lot 484.
Private Collection.
Anon. sale, Phillips London, 30 June 2017, lot 184.
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Private Collection, United States (acquired from the above in 1987).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 14 November 2012, lot 484.
Private Collection.
Anon. sale, Phillips London, 30 June 2017, lot 184.
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
W. Jahn, The Art of Gilbert & George or an Aesthetic of Existence, New York 1989, pp. 285-286, 348-353 and 447 (illustrated in colour, p. 360).
D. Farson, With Gilbert & George in Moscow, London 1991 (installation view at New Tretyakov Gallery in 1990 illustrated, p. 107 and illustrated in colour, p. 131).
R. Fuchs (ed.), Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures 1971–2005, Volume 1 1971-1988, London 2007 (illustrated in colour, p. 497).
H. Obrist and I. Philbrick (eds.), Gilbert & George, Art Titles, 1969-2010, Cologne 2011, pp. 39 and 79.
D. Farson, With Gilbert & George in Moscow, London 1991 (installation view at New Tretyakov Gallery in 1990 illustrated, p. 107 and illustrated in colour, p. 131).
R. Fuchs (ed.), Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures 1971–2005, Volume 1 1971-1988, London 2007 (illustrated in colour, p. 497).
H. Obrist and I. Philbrick (eds.), Gilbert & George, Art Titles, 1969-2010, Cologne 2011, pp. 39 and 79.
Exhibited
Rome, Galleria Pieroni, Live’s, 1984.
Bordeaux, CAPC Musée d'Art contemporain, Gilbert & George The Complete Pictures 1971-1985, 1986-1987, pp. 227 and 270 (illustrated in colour, p. 235). This exhibition later travelled to Basel, Kunsthalle Basel; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts; Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez, Parque del Retiro; Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and London, Hayward Gallery.
Moscow, New Tretyakov Gallery, Gilbert & George Pictures 1983-1988, 1990, pp. 25, 90 and 121, no. 33 (installation view at CAPC Musee d'Art contemporain de Bordeaux in 1986 illustrated in colour, p. 20; illustrated in colour, p. 91).
New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Gilbert & George: Major Exhibition, 2008-2009.
Bordeaux, CAPC Musée d'Art contemporain, Gilbert & George The Complete Pictures 1971-1985, 1986-1987, pp. 227 and 270 (illustrated in colour, p. 235). This exhibition later travelled to Basel, Kunsthalle Basel; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts; Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez, Parque del Retiro; Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and London, Hayward Gallery.
Moscow, New Tretyakov Gallery, Gilbert & George Pictures 1983-1988, 1990, pp. 25, 90 and 121, no. 33 (installation view at CAPC Musee d'Art contemporain de Bordeaux in 1986 illustrated in colour, p. 20; illustrated in colour, p. 91).
New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Gilbert & George: Major Exhibition, 2008-2009.
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