Live Auction 1135Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
Sarah Lucas (B. 1962)
Lot 315

Sarah Lucas (B. 1962)

Lover's Prayer

Closed26 June 2013

Estimate

GBP 40,000–60,000

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Sarah Lucas (B. 1962)
Lover's Prayer
signed, titled, dated 'Lover's Prayer Sarah Lucas'
wire hanger, embroidered nylon and lightbulbs
73½ x 15 7⁄8 x 5in. (186.7 x 40.6 x 12.7cm.)
Executed in 2005

A gift from the artist to the present owner.

Specialist note

'Often a headline or joke or vernacular expression will conjure up a striking image, which then has to be translated using the available materials. They in turn have their own look, associations and feel. I tend to have a lot of words or phrases running around my brain. When I'm working I keep turning them over. Eventually particular phrases find their way to particular objects and get married, i.e., help each other'
(S. Lucas, quoted in B.Ruf, Y.Dziewior (eds.), Sarah Lucas Catalogue Raisonné, London 2005, p. 29).