Live Auction 2787Post-War & Contemporary Afternoon Session
YINKA SHONIBARE MBE (B. 1962)
Lot 522 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION

YINKA SHONIBARE MBE (B. 1962)

Gallantry and Criminal Conversation (Threesome)

Closed16 May 2013

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USD 99,750

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YINKA SHONIBARE MBE (B. 1962)
Gallantry and Criminal Conversation (Threesome)
three life-size fiberglass mannequins, three metal and wood cases, Dutch wax printed cotton, leather, wood and steel
installation dimensions variable
Executed in 2002.

James Cohan Gallery, New York

Specialist note

"When I made Gallantry and Criminal Conversation I was just thinking generally about our society at a period of unprecedented wealth. A lot of people were getting richer and richer; they were having lavish parties with so much money around" (Yinka Shonibare MBE, Art21, 2002).