Sprueth Magers Lee, London Phillips de Pury & Company London, Contemporary Art Day Sale, 13 February 2010, lot 108 Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
London, The Saatchi Gallery, Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art form Germany, 18 November - 15 April 2012
Literature
Gesmatkunstwek: New Art From Germany, Exh. Cat., The Saatchi Gallery, 2011, p. 141
Catalogue Essay
Gert and Uwe Tobias manage to fuse the monochrome backgrounds of Yves Tanguy’s surrealist landscapes and the macabre faces of traditional apotropaeic amulets with the lightness of cartoons, worn down graffiti and schoolyard murals. There is something flayed about their figures – as if they have been peeled of their individuality, made into universal puppets or still lives.
2005 coloured woodcut on paper 205.3 x 170.7 cm. (80 7/8 x 67 1/4 in.) Signed, numbered and dated 'Gert & Uwe Tobias 1/2 2005' on the reverse. This work is number 1 from an edition of 2.
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
Sold for £22,500
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