David McDermott & Peter McGough (nés en 1952 et 1958) - photo 1
David McDermott & Peter McGough (nés en 1952 et 1958) - photo 2
David McDermott & Peter McGough (nés en 1952 et 1958) - photo 3
David McDermott & Peter McGough (nés en 1952 et 1958) - photo 4
David McDermott & Peter McGough (nés en 1952 et 1958) - photo 5

David McDermott & Peter McGough (nés en 1952 et 1958)

Lot 146
21.09.2022 15:00UTC +01:00
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€ 2 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 813904
Lot 146 | David McDermott & Peter McGough (nés en 1952 et 1958)
Estimate value
€ 2 000 – 3 000
David McDermott & Peter McGough (nés en 1952 et 1958)

Portrait of Ricky Clifton (with skulls) 15th August 1856, 1996

tirage Platinum-Palladium

signé et annoté au crayon (au dos); signé, titré, daté et numéroté 'AP 1/3' à l'encre sur une étiquette (au dos du cadre)

image : 34.5 x 26.5 cm.

feuille : 42.5 x 30 cm.

Réalisée en 1996, cette œuvre est l'épreuve d'artiste numéro un d'une édition de trois exemplaires et trois épreuves d'artiste.



Platinum-Palladium print

signed and annotated in pencil (on the reverse); signed, titled, dated and numbered 'AP 1/3' in ink on label (on the reverse of the frame)

image: 13 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.

sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.

Executed in 1996, this work is artist's proof number one from an edition of three plus three artist's proofs.





Provenance

Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris

Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel en 2000



Literature

Robert Rosenblum & Willy van den Bussche, Messers MacDermott & MacGough : Paintings, Photographs & Time Experiments, 1950, Bruges, Stichting Kunstboek, 1997 (illustré p. 177).

Mark Alice Durant, McDermott & McGough: A History of Photography, Santa Fe: Arena Editions, 1998 (illustré pl. 46).



Exhibited

Ostende, Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, McDermott & McGough, 22 novembre 1997 - 4 janvier 1998.

Paris, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, McDermott & McGough, The Deep Future…The Deep Past, 8 juin - 13 juillet 2000.



Post lot text

McDermott & McGough est un tandem d’artistes constitué de David McDermott et Peter McGough. Pluridisciplinaires, ils ont notamment marqué la scène artistique des années 1980 et 1990 par le détournement de techniques de photographies (cyanotype, bichromate de gomme, sel, carbo tricolore, platine, palladium). Explorant divers sujets, ils s’intéressent entre autres à la culture, la religion, la médecine ou encore la mode et les comportements sexuels. Ils ont fait l'objet d'expositions individuelles et collectives dans des institutions telles que le Whitney Museum of American Art, le Centre Pompidou ou encore l’Irish Museum of Modern Art.
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McDermott & McGough is a tandem of artists made up of David McDermottand Peter McGough. Multi-disciplinary, they made their mark on the art scene of the 1980's and 1990's by diverting photographic techniques (cyanotype, gumbichromate, salt, carbo tricolour, platinum, palladium). Exploring various subjects, they are interested in culture, religion, medicine, fashion and sexual behaviour. They have been shown in solo and group exhibitions at institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Centre Pompidou and the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
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