Lot 265
  • 265

Raqib Shaw

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Raqib Shaw
  • Henry VIII
  • signed and dated 2006
  • sequins, rhinestones and mixed media on paper
  • 175 by 113.7cm. ; 68 1/2 by 44 3/4 in.

Provenance

Private Collection

Exhibited

London, Tate Britain, Art Now: Raqib Shaw, 2006

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter and richer and the paper tone tends more towards a soft cream in the original. The catalogue illustration also fails to convey the rich texture, the iridescent nature, and the shimmering quality of the glitter, rhinestones, and enamel visible in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached verso to the backing mount in several places. All four edges are deckled.
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Catalogue Note

“I have always been obsessed with the idea of making industrial paints and decorative materials into something beyond decorative. I want the paintings to question people’s notions of aesthetics.”
Raqib Shaw
Alistair Hicks and Mary Findlay, Where do ideas come from, London 2013, p. 20