CHRIS OFILI (B. 1968)
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ID 1472431
Lot 9 | CHRIS OFILI (B. 1968)
Estimate value
1000000GBP £ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
Blossom
signed with artist's name and initials, titled and dated '"Blossom" 1997 Chris Ofili CO' (on the stretcher)
oil, acrylic, polyester resin, glitter, pins and elephant dung on linen
99 ½ x 72in. (252.5 x 183cm.)
Executed in 1997
Provenance
Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin.
Acquired from the above by Ole Faarup in 1997.
Literature
Painting Codes, exh. cat., Monfalcone, Galleria Communale d'Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone, 2006, no. 4 (detail illustrated in colour, p. 54; illustrated in colour, p. 57).
D. Adjaye, P. Doig, O. Enwezor, T. Golden and K. Walker, Chris Ofili, New York 2009, pp. 54 and 263 (illustrated in colour, p. 61).
Exhibited
Berlin, Contemporary Fine Arts, Pimpin' ain't easy, but it sure is fun, 1997.
Southhampton, Southhampton City Art Gallery, Chris Ofili, 1998-1999, pp. 9-10 and 70, no. 26 (illustrated in colour, p. 71). This exhibition later travelled to London, Serpentine Gallery and Manchester, The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester.
Brescia, LOLMOCOLMO, Bloom: Contemporary Art Garden, 1999 (detail illustrated in colour, unpaged).
London, Tate Britain, Chris Ofili, 2010, pp. 34 and 166 (detail illustrated in colour on the front cover; installation view at Contemporary Fine Arts in 1997 illustrated in colour, p. 15; illustrated in colour, p. 35; and detail illustrated in colour on the exhibition poster).
New York, New Museum, Chris Ofili: Night and Day, 2014-2015, pp. 150 and 210 (installation view at Tate Britain in 2010 illustrated in colour, p. 140; illustrated in colour, p. 151; installation view at Contemporary Fine Arts in 1997 illustrated in colour, p. 158).
Further Details
100% of the hammer price for the lot will be paid to The Ole Faarup Art Foundation
Artist: | Chris Ofili (1968) |
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Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Artist: | Chris Ofili (1968) |
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Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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