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Property from an Important Corporate Art Collection
GILLIAN WEARING | SIGNS THAT SAY WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO SAY AND NOT SIGNS THAT SAY WHAT SOMEONE ELSE WANTS YOU TO SAY (QUEER AND HAPPY)
Auction Closed
June 27, 03:32 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Property from an Important Corporate Art Collection
GILLIAN WEARING
b. 1963
SIGNS THAT SAY WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO SAY AND NOT SIGNS THAT SAY WHAT SOMEONE ELSE WANTS YOU TO SAY (QUEER AND HAPPY)
framed, James Cohan Gallery, New York, and Maureen Paley labels on the reverse
chromogenic print, flush-mounted
54½ x 36 in.; 138.4 x 91.4 cm
1992-93, this work is number 1 from an edition of 10, plus 1 artist's proof.
Maureen Paley, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007
One of the most prominent members of the Young British Artists, Gillian Wearing often explores the difference between the private self and the public persona in her photographic works. For this series, Wearing asked people on the street to write on a cardboard sign what they were thinking at that moment and then photographed them, often revealing deeply personal truths.