Lot 71
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Wangechi Mutu

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description

  • Wangechi Mutu
  • A Dragon Kiss Always Ends in Ashes
  • signed and dated 2007
  • ink, paint, mixed media, plant material and plastic pearls on Mylar
  • 53 1/4 by 101 3/8 in. 135.3 by 257.5 cm.
  • Executed in 2007.

Provenance

Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Acquired by the present owner from the above in January 2008

Exhibited

London, Victoria Miro Gallery, Yo.n.l, November 2007 - January 2008, pp. 10-11, illustrated in color (in installation at Victoria Miro Gallery), p. 18, illustrated in color (detail) and p. 19, no. VIII, illustrated in color
New York, National Academy Museum, Seismic Shifts: 10 Visionaries in Contemporary Art and Architecture, January - May 2013, p. 45, illustrated in color (detail) and pp. 48-49, illustrated in color

Literature

Jackie Wullschlager, "Mutations of the Femme Fatale," The Financial Times, December 1, 2007 (text)