Alex, sitting

Details

WOLFGANG TILLMANS (B. 1968)
Alex, sitting
signed, titled, inscribed, numbered and dated 'Alex, sitting ph 8 92 print 12 94 5/10+1 Wolfgang Tillmans' (on the reverse)
c-print
image: 13 3/8 x 9 ¼in. (34 x 23.5cm.)
sheet: 16 x 12in. (40.6 x 30.5cm.)
Photographed in 1992 and printed in 1994, this work is number five from an edition of ten plus one artist's proof

Provenance

Galerie Buchholz, Cologne.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1995.

Literature

W. Tillmans, ‘Like Brother Like Sister – A fashion story; no holds barred’, in i-D Magazine. The Sexuality Issue, no. 110, November 1992 (illustrated in colour, p. 85).
J. Budney, 'Come On Baby', in Parkett, no. 53, 1998 (illustrated, p. 121).

Exhibited

London, Tate Britain, Wolfgang Tillmans: If One Thing Matters, Everything Matters, 2003, no. 1992-043 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, p. 49).

Special notice

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