Lot Essay
This work won the amateur first prize whilst he was King's College London and was selected as a postcard for the Barbican show in 1996.
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We Wait and Wait
Details
Derek Jarman (1942-1993)
We Wait and Wait
signed 'M Jarman' (lower left), signed again and inscribed ''WE WAIT'/by/Michael Jarman/Kings College' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
oil on board
24 x 19 in. (61 x 48.2 cm.)
Painted in 1960-61.
We Wait and Wait
signed 'M Jarman' (lower left), signed again and inscribed ''WE WAIT'/by/Michael Jarman/Kings College' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
oil on board
24 x 19 in. (61 x 48.2 cm.)
Painted in 1960-61.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.
Literature
R. Wollen, Derek Jarman: A Portrait, London, 1996, p. 51, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, University of London, Daily Express Art Exhibition, 1961, catalogue not traced.
London, Barbican Gallery, Derek Jarman: A Portrait, May - August 1996, not numbered.
London, Barbican Gallery, Derek Jarman: A Portrait, May - August 1996, not numbered.
Special notice
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.