Marlene Dumas
To be dead, to be really dead, that must be glorious
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 EUR
Lot Details
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Marlène Dumas
b. 1953
To be dead, to be really dead, that must be glorious
signed and dated 1988
lithograph enhanced with pastel and pencil
120 x 80,5 cm ; 47 1/4 x 31 11/16 in.
Executed in 1988.
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Marlène Dumas
n. 1953
To be dead, to be really dead, that must be glorious
signé et daté 1988
lithographie réhaussée au pastel et crayon
120 x 80,5 cm ; 47 1/4 x 31 11/16 in.
Exécuté en 1988.
Private Collection, Holland (Gift from the artist to the present owner in 1988)
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Collection particulière, Hollande (Offert par l'artiste au propriétaire actuel en 1988)
South African artist based in the Netherlands.
The owner commissioned Marlene Dumas in 1987 to make lithographs to accompany Pier Paolo Pasolini's poem "Le Ceneri di Gramsci".
Marlene then drew a head on one of the lithographs with statement by Dracula "To be dead to be really dead, it must be glorious."
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Artiste sud-africaine installée aux Pays-Bas.
En 1987, le propriétaire a demandé à Marlene Dumas de réaliser des lithographies pour accompagner le poème de Pier Paolo Pasolini "Le Ceneri di Gramsci".
Marlene a ensuite dessiné une tête sur l'une des lithographies avec la suivante déclaration de Dracula : "To be dead to be really dead, it must be glorious".