There it is
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About the work
- Location
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Country: Italy
City: Rome
Place: British Embassy
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About the artist
Born in Portsmouth, Christopher Le Brun trained at the Slade and Chelsea Schools of Art, London. In his early career, he was a double prizewinner at the John Moores exhibitions (1978, 1980), also showing in the Venice Biennale (1980) and the exhibition ‘Zeitgeist’ (1982) at the Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin. Solo exhibitions have been held at the Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing, China (2021); Albertz Benda, New York, USA (2020); Lisson Gallery, Shanghai, China (2019); Lisson Gallery, London, UK (2018); the Southampton Art Gallery, Southampton, UK (2018); Wolfson College, Cambridge, UK (2018); Albertz Benda, New York, NY, USA (2017); The Gallery at Windsor, Vero Beach, FL, USA (2017); Colnaghi, London, UK (2015); Friedman Benda, New York, NY, USA (2014); New Art Centre, Wiltshire, UK (2010) and The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK (2008). His work is in many major museum collections including Tate Gallery, London, UK; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA; the British Museum, London, UK; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA; Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland; The Whitworth, Manchester, UK and Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA.
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- Materials & Techniques
- canvas, paint, oil, oil paint, oil painting
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Details
- Title
- There it is
- Date
- 2021
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- height: 155.5 cm; width: 110.3 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from the artist, January 2022
- Provenance
- The artist; from whom purchased by UK Government Art Collection, 6 January 2022
- GAC number
- 19032