ID 1303872 
Lot 313  | YINKA SHONIBARE (B. 1962)
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000 
The Age of Enlightenment-Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet
fiberglass sculpture, wood, Dutch wax fabric and mixed media
figure: 46 ½ x 25 ½ x 33 ½ in. (118 x 65 x 85 cm.)
table: 29 x 33 x 19 ½ in. (74 x 84 x 50 cm.)
chair: 39 ½ x 20 ½ x 20 ½ in. (100 x 52 x 52 cm.)
Executed in 2008.
Provenance
James Cohan Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owners, 2008
Literature
J. Rinck, "Yinka Shonibare," Sculpture, October 2022, digital.
P. Frank, "Yinka Shonibare MBE Remixes The Enlightenment In Stunning 'Magic Ladders' Exhibition", Huffpost, January 2014, digital (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, James Cohan Gallery, Yinka Shonibare, MBE: Prospero's Monsters, April-May 2008.
Philadelphia, Barnes Foundation, Yinka Shonibare MBE: Magic Ladders, January-April 2014.
Louisville, Speed Art Museum, Yinka Shonibare CBE: The American Library, March-September 2019.
Grand Rapids, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Yinka Shonibare CBE: Planets in My Head, April-October 2022.
| Artist: | Yinka Shonibare (1962) | 
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| Art style: | Contemporary art | 
| Place of origin: | Nigeria, Africa | 
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures | 
| Artist: | Yinka Shonibare (1962) | 
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| Art style: | Contemporary art | 
| Place of origin: | Nigeria, Africa | 
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures | 
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