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THE COLLECTION OF ANTONIO HOMEM SONNABEND
GILBERT & GEORGE (B. 1943 & B. 1942)
Dead Boards No 19
Details
GILBERT & GEORGE (B. 1943 & B. 1942)
Dead Boards No 19
consecutively numbered '1-4' (on an artist's label affixed to the reverse)
(4) signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'DEAD BOARDS No. 19 SCULPTURE EARLY 1976 Gilbert and George' (lower centre)
gelatin silver print, in artist's frames, in four parts
each: 23 7⁄8 x 19 7/8in. (60.5 x 50.6cm.)
overall: 48 7⁄8 x 41in. (124 x 104cm.)
Executed in 1976
Dead Boards No 19
consecutively numbered '1-4' (on an artist's label affixed to the reverse)
(4) signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'DEAD BOARDS No. 19 SCULPTURE EARLY 1976 Gilbert and George' (lower centre)
gelatin silver print, in artist's frames, in four parts
each: 23 7⁄8 x 19 7/8in. (60.5 x 50.6cm.)
overall: 48 7⁄8 x 41in. (124 x 104cm.)
Executed in 1976
Provenance
Ileana Sonnabend (acquired directly from the artist).
By descent from the above to the late owner.
By descent from the above to the late owner.
Literature
Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures 1971-1985, exh. cat., Bordeaux, CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain, 1986, p. 269 (illustrated, p. 92).
W. Jahn, The Art of Gilbert & George or an Aesthetic of Existence, New York 1989, p. 159 (illustrated in colour, p. 179).
R. Fuchs (ed.), Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures 1971–2005, Volume 1, 1971-1988, London 2007, p. 616 (illustrated in colour, p. 236).
H. Obrist and I. Philbrick (eds.), Gilbert & George, Art Titles, 1969-2010, Cologne 2011, pp. 17, 19 and 21.
W. Jahn, The Art of Gilbert & George or an Aesthetic of Existence, New York 1989, p. 159 (illustrated in colour, p. 179).
R. Fuchs (ed.), Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures 1971–2005, Volume 1, 1971-1988, London 2007, p. 616 (illustrated in colour, p. 236).
H. Obrist and I. Philbrick (eds.), Gilbert & George, Art Titles, 1969-2010, Cologne 2011, pp. 17, 19 and 21.
Exhibited
New York, Sonnabend Gallery, Dead Boards, 1976.
Eindhoven, Municipal Van Abbemuseum, Gilbert & George 1968 to 1980, 1980-1981 (installation view at Sonnabend Gallery in 1976 illustrated, p. 198; illustrated, p. 203). This exhibition later travelled to Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle; Bern, Kunsthalle; Paris, Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou and London, Whitechapel Art Gallery.
Eindhoven, Municipal Van Abbemuseum, Gilbert & George 1968 to 1980, 1980-1981 (installation view at Sonnabend Gallery in 1976 illustrated, p. 198; illustrated, p. 203). This exhibition later travelled to Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle; Bern, Kunsthalle; Paris, Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou and London, Whitechapel Art Gallery.
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