Gilbert & George - Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Friday, October 11, 2024 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Sonnabend Gallery, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux; Basel, Kunsthalle; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts; Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez, Parque del Retiro; Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus; London, Hayward Gallery, Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures 1971-1985, 9 May 1986–26 September 1987, p. 269 (illustrated, p. 193)
    Bologna, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Gilbert & George, 18 May–8 September 1996, p. 223
    London, Tate Modern; Munich, Haus der Kunst; Rivoli-Turin, Castello di Rivoli; San Francisco, de Young Museum; Milwaukee Art Museum; New York, Brooklyn Museum, Gilbert & George, 15 February 2007–11 January 2009, p. 206

  • Literature

    Wolf Jahn, The Art of Gilbert & George, New York, 1989, pp. 376, 449, 515 (illustrated, p. 384)
    Rudi Fuchs, Gilbert & George, The Complete Pictures 1971-2005, Vol. 1: 1971-1988, London, 2007, p. 439 (illustrated)
    Hans Ulrich Obrist and Inigo Philbrick, eds., Gilbert & George: Art Titles 1969-2010 in Alphabetical Order, Cologne, 2011, pp. 26, 35

149

FAITH CURSE

signed, titled and dated 'FAITH CURSE 1982 Gilbert & George' lower right
hand-dyed gelatin silver prints, in artists' frames, in 20 parts
each 60.6 x 50.7 cm (23 7/8 x 19 7/8 in.)
overall 242.4 x 253.5 cm (95 3/8 x 99 3/4 in.)

Executed in 1982.

Estimate
£70,000 - 90,000 ♠†

Sold for £63,500

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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 11 October 2024