204. Tal R
b. 1967
Last drawing before mars signed, stencilled, titled and dated ‘“Last drawing Before Mars” Tal R 03/04’ upper right; further signed, titled and dated ‘“LAST DRAWING BEFORE MARS” TAL R 03/04’ on the reverse printed paper collage, paper collage, acrylic, aluminium foil, wax crayon, biro, colouring pencil, fabric and glitter on paper mounted on board 280.9 x 280 cm (110 5/8 x 110 1/4 in.) Executed in 2003-04. Estimate £30,000-50,000 $39,200-65,400 €34,300-57,100 ♠ Provenance Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin Victoria Miro, London Private Collection Christie’s, London, 30 June 2010, lot 5 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Exhibited London, Saatchi Gallery, The Triumph of Painting II, 5 July - 30 October 2005, p. 171 (illustrated) Leeds City Art Gallery, The Triumph of Painting, 26 January - 12 March 2006
‘A work of art can reveal certain aspects of human nature that other felds can’t. Art is so important for a society, because it is the ghost in the machine.’ Tal R