30 May 2020
Paris. Notre Dame, diptych, each part signed (one with initials), dated 2007 and numbered "1" and "2" respectively. One part further inscribed "Cities. Gallery of symbols/"Paris", other - "Symbols. Paris", other - "Symbols. Paris" on the reverse.
Acrylic on canvas, 200 by 380 cm.
Provenance: Collection of Olivier Varenne.
Acquired from the above by the present owners in 2012.
Saatchi Collection.
Exhibited: Gaiety Is The Most Outstanding Feature Of The Soviet Union: New Art From Russia, Saatchi Gallery, London, 21 November 2012–9 June 2013.
Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Gaiety Is The Most Outstanding Feature Of The Soviet Union: New Art From Russia, Saatchi Gallery, 2012, pp. 56–57.
The present lot as illustrated in the 2012 exhibition catalogue.
Notes on symbols:
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§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
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