Lot 450
  • 450

Gilbert & George

Estimate
65,000 - 85,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gilbert & George
  • Ginkgoed
  • signed, titled and dated 2005
  • mixed media, in nine parts
  • each: 84.5 by 71cm.; 33 1/4 by 28in.
  • overall: 213.1 by 253cm.; 83 7/8 by 99 5/8 in.

Provenance

White Cube, London
Private Collection, Europe
Sale: Sotheby's, London, Contemporary Art, 16 October 2009, Lot 114
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Venice, 51st Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte, British Pavilion, Gilbert & George: Gingko Pictures, 2005, p. 37, illustrated in colour

Literature

Rudi Fuchs, Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures 1971 - 2005, Vol. 2, London 2007, p. 1167, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly richer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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