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

Bunhill Knight

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Gilbert & George (b. 1943 & b. 1942)
Bunhill Knight
signed, titled and dated 'BUNHILL KNIGHT Gilbert and George 1980' (lower right)
hand-dyed gelatin silver prints in artist's frames, in twelve parts
overall: 71 x 79in. (181 x 201cm.)
Provenance
Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London.
Louboutin Collection, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
R. Fuchs (ed.), Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures 1971-2005, Volume 1 1971-1988, London 2007 (illustrated, pp. 21, 23, 25, 354).
R. Fuchs (ed.), Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures 1971-2005, Volume 2 1988-2005, London 2007 (illustrated, p. 658).
Exhibited
Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Gilbert & George Photo-Pieces 1971-1980, November 1980. This exhibition later travelled to Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle, January-February 1981; Bern, Kunsthalle, March-April 1981; Paris, Centre Pompidou, April-June 1981 and London, Whitechapel Gallery, July 1981.
Bordeaux, CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain, Gilbert & George--The Complete Pictures 1971-1985, May-September 1986 (illustrated, p. 151). This exhibition later travelled to Basel, Kunsthalle, September-November 1986; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, November 1986-January 1997; Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez, February-March 1987; Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, April-June 1987 and London, Hayward Gallery, July-September 1987.
Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art, Gilbert & George, September 1997.
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