Lot 280
  • 280

Matthew Brannon

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Matthew Brannon
  • Police Officer Giving Up
  • silkscreen on paper
  • 76 by 58.5 cm. 29 7/8 by 23 in.
  • Executed in 2006.

Provenance

Jan Winkelmann, Berlin
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2006

Exhibited

London, Saatchi Gallery, Paper, June - November 2013, p. 22, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the blues are richer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached verso to the backing mount on the upper edge.
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Catalogue Note

“When I began my career, it occurred to me that most artists make conservative versions of radical art. So I decided that one of my goals would be to make radical versions of conservative art.”
Matthew Brannon
in conversation with Steel Stillman, in: 'Matthew Brannon', Art in America, November 2011, online resource