Lot 243
243
Tacita Dean (b. 1965)
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Tacita Dean (b. 1965)

Made on January 20th 2017

Details
Tacita Dean (b. 1965)
Made on January 20th 2017
dated and inscribed '20th January 2017' (lower right); signed and dated 'Tacita Dean 2017' (on the reverse)
charcoal from Mackintosh Library on paper
22 ½ x 30in. (57 x 76.4cm.)
Executed in 2017
Provenance
Donated by the artist, Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery, New York and Frith Street Gallery, London.
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Lot Essay

‘It is a great idea to use the charcoal of a burnt art school building as a drawing material to make the art to fund the rebuilding. It is a perfect cycle, not to mention the phoenix rising from the ashes.’
—TACITA DEAN

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