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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
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
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)