Lot 223
  • 223

Sarah Lucas

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sarah Lucas
  • Is Suicide Genetic?
  • cibachrome print

  • 52 by 35.5cm.; 20 1/2 by 14in.
  • Executed in 1996, this work is from an edition of 17 plus 3 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist

Literature

Yilmaz Dziewior, Sarah Lucas: Exhibitions and Catalogue Raisonné 1989-2005, Ostfildern-Ruit 2005, p. 136, illustration of another example

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although there are more prominent yellow undertones in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are a few extremely fine scattered scratches visible in raking light throughout. On close inspection there is a tiny crease to the top right corner and few faint handling marks to the corners.
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