Lot 95
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Wolfgang Tillmans (B. 1968)
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Wolfgang Tillmans (B. 1968)

Marianne

Details
Wolfgang Tillmans (B. 1968)
Marianne
signed, titled, numbered, inscribed and dated 'Marianne ph. 12/91 pr WT 6494 3/10+1 Wolfgang Tillmans' (on the reverse)
c-print
image: 11 7/8 x 12in. (30.3 x 30.5cm.)
sheet: 15 7/8 x 12in. (40.5 x 30.5cm.)
Executed in 1991 and printed in 1994, this work is number three from an edition of ten plus one artist's proof
Provenance
Wako Works of Art, Tokyo.
Private Collection, Japan.
Literature
B. Riemschneider (ed.), Wolfgang Tillmans, Cologne 1995 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.

Lot Essay

The contemporary art scene exploded in London in the 1990s where Tillmans, along with his British Contemporaries, the yBas, began to explore, ‘the grittier elements of youth culture’ (A. Allenchey, 'How the Upheaval of the ‘90s revolutionized the Art World', in Artspace, https://www.artspace.com [accessed 28th July]). This is exemplified by Marianne, 1991, which is a portrait that offers an honest and refreshing depictions of an upcoming generation. As Tillmans states, ‘back then, there were almost no pictures available of normal people – how normal people dress and how normal people party…’ (W. Tillmans, quoted in ‘Wolfgang Tillmans’, Interview Magazine, https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/ wolfgang-tillmans [accessed 24th July 2014]).

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