Lot 253
  • 253

David LaChapelle

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • David LaChapelle
  • Cathedral
  • signed on a label affixed to the backing board
  • digital c-print
  • print: 126 by 168cm.; 49 5/8 by 66 1/8 in.
  • framed: 133 by 175cm.; 52 3/8 by 68 7/8 in.
  • Executed in 2007, this work is number 6 from an edition of 7.

Provenance

Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York 

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2007

Exhibited

Florence, Forte Belvedere Museum, David LaChapelle, 2009 (edition no. unknown)

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Post Modern Pop Photography, 2010 (edition no. unknown)

Puerto Rico, Museo Arte Contemporaneo de Puerto Rico, Nosotros: La Humanidad al Borde, 2011-12 (edition no. unknown)

Busan, Bexco Art Center, David LaChapelle, 2012 (edition no. unknown)

Stockholm, Fotigrafiska Museet, Burning Beauty, 2012 (edition no. unknown)

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue: Milan, Palazzo Reale, David LaChapelle, 2007-08, pp. 124-25, no. 2, another example illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Extremely close inspection revels a few tiny white specks on the print towards the centre of the upper left quadrant.
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