Lot 132
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CHRIS OFILI | Cherchez la femme Calypso and Odysseus

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Description

  • Chris Ofili
  • Cherchez la femme Calypso and Odysseus
  • signed, titled and dated 2004 on the reverse
  • gouache, ink and oil carbon on silver paper
  • 198.8 by 130.2 cm. 78 1/4 by 51 1/4 in.

Provenance

Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
Acquired from the above by David Teiger in 2005

Exhibited

Dublin, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Huts, October - December 2004, n.p., no. 5, illustrated in colour (in installation)

Literature

Exh. Cat., Hanover, Kestnergesellschaft, Chris Ofili, The Blue Rider, June - August 2006, p. 39, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate although it fails to fully convey the metallic nature of the silver in the original. Condition: This work is in very good and original condition. The sheet is hinged verso to the backing board in numerous places and undulates slightly. The two vertical edges are deckled. All surface irregularities are in keeping with the artist working process and choice of medium. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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Catalogue Note

“The paintings were funny and touching; what made them more than that – and more true, both to the genre of the love story and to life – was all the things swirling around under the surface and on the surface and above the surface” – Adrian Searle in: Exh. Cat., Venice, 50th Venice Biennale, British Pavilion, Chris Ofili within reach, Vol. I, 2003, n.p. “I haven’t really thought about who it is they represent. I think because it’s a man and a woman, it allows you to project yourself into the situation.” – Chris Ofili in: Exh. Cat., Venice, 50th Venice Biennale, British Pavilion, Chris Ofili within reach, Vol. I, 2003, n.p.