WOLFGANG TILLMANS (B. 1968) - photo 1
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WOLFGANG TILLMANS (B. 1968)

Lot 281
06.03.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 281 | WOLFGANG TILLMANS (B. 1968)
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
WOLFGANG TILLMANS (B. 1968)
Kate sitting
signed, titled, inscribed, numbered and dated 'Kate sitting ph 11 96 pr WT 7 99 1/3 + 1 Wolfgang Tillmans' (on the reverse)
chromogenic print
image: 22 7/8 x 15 5/8in. (58.2 x 39.8cm.)
sheet: 24 x 19 7/8in. (61 x 50.8cm.)
Photographed in 1996 and printed in 1999, this work is number one from an edition of three plus one artist's proof




Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.



Literature

W. Tillmans (ed.), Wolfgang Tillmans: Burg, Cologne 1998 (illustrated in colour, p. 107; installation view of another version at Chisenhale Gallery in 1997 illustrated in colour, p. 168).
B. Riemschneider (ed.), Wolfgang Tillmans, Cologne 2002 ( illustrated in colour, p. 257; installation view of another version at Chisenhale Gallery in 1997 illustrated in colour, p. 317).
J. Verwoert, P. Halley, & M. Matsui, Wolfgang Tillmans, London 2002, pp. 27 and 160 (another version illustrated in colour, p. 45; installation view at Chisenhale Gallery in 1997 illustrated in colour, p. 26).
Wolfgang Tillmans, exh. cat, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2006 (another version illustrated in colour, p. 79).
J. Verwoert, P. Halley, et al., Wolfgang Tillmans, London 2014, p. 236 (installation view of another version at Chisenhale Gallery in 1997 illustrated in colour, p. 27).
Wolfgang Tillmans To look without fear, exh.cat, New York, Museum of Modern Art, 2022-2023 (installation view at Chisenhale Gallery in 1997 illustrated in colour, p. 148).



Exhibited

London, Chisenhale Gallery, I Didn't Inhale, 1997 (another version exhibited).
London, Tate Britain, Wolfgang Tillmans: if one thing matters, everything matters, 2003, no. 1996-061 (another version exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 118).
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Wolfgang Tillmans, 2017, p. 302 (another version exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 77).



Further Details

Other versions are in the collections of Tate, London and Städel Museum, Frankfurt.
Artist:Wolfgang Tillmans (1968)
Applied technique:Chromogenic colour-print
Art style:Contemporary art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
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