Lot 6025
  • 6025

RACHEL WHITEREAD | Junk Food

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rachel Whiteread
  • Junk Food
  • plasticised plaster and pigment, in four parts
  • 16.5 by 23.3 by 23 cm. 6 1/2 by 9 1/8 by 9 in.
  • Executed in 2007.

Provenance

Christie’s, London, 16 October 2007, Lot 22 (donated by the artist to benefit the Parkinson’s Appeal for Deep Brain Stimulation) Acquired from the above by the present owners

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. All surface irregularities and tiny chips to the work are in keeping with the artist's choice of media. Close inspection reveals some splash and media accretions in isolated places throughout and two darker spots to the front left of the base, which fluoresce lightly when examined under ultra-violet light. Further very close inspection reveals a few tiny chips and scuffs to the base.
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Catalogue Note

“Equally at home in the chippy or the Cipriani, Frank and Lorna have an infinite capacity to enjoy themselves and to share that joy with others” (Anthony Daniels, C-3PO, 2018).