ID 990322
Lot 61 | MARLENE DUMAS (B. 1953)
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
Chained to the Bed for 15 Years
titled ‘Chained to the bed for 15 years.’ (upper centre); signed and dated ‘Marlene Dumas. ‘86.’ (lower centre)
gouache and crayon on paper
46 5/8 x 115 3/8in. (118.4 x 292.9cm.)
Executed in 1986
Provenance
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam.
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York.
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1990).
Anon. sale, Phillips London, 13 February 2020, lot 30.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
W. Welling, ‘OMTREKKENDE BEWEGINGEN: Citaten uit brieven van Marlene Dumas’, in Artefactum, vol. 6, no. 27, February-March 1989 (illustrated, p. 33; dated '1986-1987').
Exhibited
Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, The Question of Human Pink, 1989.
New York, Jack Tilton Gallery, From Lynch to Lucier, 1990.
Special Notice
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| Artist: | Marlene Dumas (1953) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Africa |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Marlene Dumas (1953) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Africa |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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