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Gilbert and George

Leaf

Auction Closed

October 17, 01:19 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Gilbert and George

b. 1942 and b. 1943


Leaf

signed, titled and dated 1988 (lower right)

mixed media, in artist's frame, in nine parts

each: 75.6 by 63.6 cm. 29¾ by 25 in.

overall: 226.8 by 190.8 cm. 89¼ by 75⅛ in.

Executed in 1988.

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London

Private Collection

Christie's, London, 26 October 1994, lot 191

David Bowie, London (acquired from the above)

Sotheby's, London, Bowie/Collector, 10 November 2016, lot 45 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Moscow, New Tretyakov Gallery, Gilbert & George Pictures 1983-1988, April - July 1990, no. 22, n.p., illustrated in colour

Rudi Fuchs, Ed., Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures 1971-2005, Volume 1: 1971-1988, London 2007, p. 601, illustrated in colour

Hans Ulrich Obrist and Inigo Philbrick, Eds., Gilbert & George: Art Titles 1969-2010: In Alphabetical Order, New York 2011, p. 44

Exh. Cat., Monaco, Villa Paloma Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Gilbert & George Art Exhibition: A Family Collection, 2014, p. 41, illustrated in colour (installed in Gilbert & George Pictures 1983-1988, New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, 1990)