Live Auction 14189Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
Gilbert & George (b. 1943 & b. 1942)
Lot 841

Gilbert & George (b. 1943 & b. 1942)

Crowd

Closed18 May 2017

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USD 106,250

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Gilbert & George (b. 1943 & b. 1942)
Crowd
signed, titled and dated 'CROWD 1992 Gilbert & George' (lower right)
four elements--hand-dyed gelatin silver print in artist's frame
overall: 66 1/2 x 56 in. (168.9 x 142.2 cm.)
Executed in 1992.

Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1993

Specialist note

"We want our art to speak across the barriers of knowledge directly to People about their Life and not about their knowledge of art...our Art is the friendship formed between the viewer and our pictures...The true function of Art is to bring about new understanding, progress and advancement...We invented and we are constantly inventing our own visual language...The content of mankind is our subject and inspiration!" (Gilbert & George, quoted in Gilbert & George-The Complete Pictures 1971-1985, Stuttgart, 1986, p. 7)