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Lot 40

Wangechi Mutu
(Kenyan, born 1972)
Studies of Crystal Waters (i-iii):

9 March 2022, 16:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£10,000 - £15,000

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Wangechi Mutu (Kenyan, born 1972)

Studies of Crystal Waters (i-iii):
(i) watercolour on card
30.5 x 22cm (12 x 8 11/16in).

(ii) watercolour and foil on card
29.5 x 22cm (11 5/8 x 8 11/16in).

(iii) ink on card
30.5 x 22.7cm (12 x 8 15/16in).
(3)

Footnotes

These drawings were executed by Wangechi Mutu in 2001. They formed part of a commission to create watercolour storyboard illustrations and the styling for a photoshoot for a fashion lookbook featuring pioneer, innovator, and dance music legend Crystal Waters.

Fashion photographer Jason Mickle interpreted the artist's watercolours through the lens of his camera creating the shots seen in the lookbook at the Giraffe Hotel in New York. Jason Mickle was also used by Crystal Waters for the cover shoot of her song Come on Down.

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