- 120
Broomberg & Chanarin
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Broomberg & Chanarin
- i. Untitled (Girl Looking)ii. Untitled (Legs)iii. Untitled (Boy Falling)
- i-iii. fibre-based print
- i-iii. 25.4 by 20.3 cm. 10 by 8 in.
- Executed in 2010, this work is from an edition of 8.
Provenance
Paradise Row, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011
Exhibited
London, Paradise Row, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin: People In Trouble Laughing Pushed To The Ground, February - March 2011
London, Saatchi Gallery, Out Of Focus: Photography, September - November 2012
London, Saatchi Gallery, Out Of Focus: Photography, September - November 2012
Condition
Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although there are no red undertones in the original. The catalogue illustration also does not show the entire sheet of each work.
Condition: These works are in very good condition. The sheets undulate slightly.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
“People in Trouble Laughing Pushed to the Ground (is) another series born out of conflict. This time, Broomberg and Chanarin have utilised found photographs from the Troubles in Northern Ireland (…) But here, too, history – and photographic history – intervenes. There are pictures of children running, girls dancing, men crying, infants sleeping, but there are also pictures of soldiers on patrol, teenagers rioting and young men and women in black berets and dark glasses. The bigger picture is hinted at, but not overstated or dramatised the way it would be in a book of straight photojournalism. In these random fragments, the mundane and the ominous sit side by side. Speaking as someone who grew up in Northern Ireland, albeit a decade earlier, I was reminded once again of that overlooked aspect of the Troubles: the constant sense of absurdity that attended normalised life.”
Sean O'Hagan
‘Turning photojournalism upside down’, The Guardian, 19 April 2011, online