Resurrection

細節

Peter Howson (b. 1958)
Resurrection
signed 'HOWSON' (lower right)
oil on canvas
102 x 78 in. (259.1 x 198.1 cm.)
Painted in 1999.

來源

with Flower's Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner.

注意事項

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

榮譽呈獻

Bernard Williams

bwilliams@christies.com +44 (0) 131 22 54 756/7

拍品專文

Painted with the shocking vigour and ferocity typical of Howson's work, the present lot subverts the religious story of the resurrection of Christ, which traditionally in art history has been treated with solemnity and celebration. Here the figure on the right appears to be tied to a post, undeniably suggesting the figure of Christ at the crucifixion, not resurrection. He has presented the two events as being interchangeable in other pictures, such as Crucifixion, 2010 (Flowers Gallery, London), in which Christ's cross is only illusory.