Live Auction 8647Post-War and Contemporary Art
Derek Jarman (1942-1993)
Lot 272 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF FIONA LOGSDAIL

Derek Jarman (1942-1993)

First Happening: Gold, 7 November 1969

Closed17 April 2013

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GBP 8,125

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Derek Jarman (1942-1993)
First Happening: Gold, 7 November 1969
signed and dated 'Derek Jarman 7-XI-69' (lower edge)
graphite, metallic paint and varnish on painted wood construction in artist's frame
13¾ x 13¾in. (35 x 35cm.)
Executed in 1969

Lisson Gallery, London.

Specialist note

As with Lot 270, Jarman continues his policies of subversion, often amply disguised within the apparently anodyne scene. In both cases, the sexualisation of the situation is both wonderfully subtle and intentiionally forceful.