Marlene Dumas

Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
Acquired from the above by the present owner in September 2010

This work is in excellent condition overall. The sheet is hinged verso to the mat board intermittently along the edges. All four edges of the sheet are deckled. There are seven artist pinholes clustered at the center of the top edges. There is a slight undulation to the sheet visible along the bottom edge. Framed under Plexiglas.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

Here's to portraiture, more or less, 
used by politicians, martyrs, murderers
the military ... be my guest (...)

Here's to the guys that took a trip from
Birmingham
to Pakistan, and then to Afghanistan,
but met in the USA,
and ended up in Guantánamo Bay.

Here's to the actors of Shouf Shouf Habibi.
Here's to the boys in the streets of Amsterdam.
Here's to the difference between forgetting and forgiving.
Here's to the distinctions between freedom, fate
and destiny.

Marlene Dumas