LOT DETAILS

Materials:

acrylic, oil, polyester resin, paper collage, glitter, map pins and elephant dung on linen

Size Notes:

canvas; overall: 253.3 x 182.4 cm

Markings:

signed, titled and dated ‘“The holy Virgin Mary”, Chris Ofili, 1996’ (on the stretcher)

Exhibited:

London, Victoria Miro, Afrodizziac, 1996. London, The Royal Academy of Arts, Sensation: Young British Artists From the Saatchi Collection , 1997, p. 217, no. 71 (illustrated in color, p. 133). This exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof and New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art. Southampton, Southampton City Art Gallery, Chris Ofili , 1998-1999, no. 15 (illustrated in color, unpaged). This exhibition later travelled to London, Serpentine Gallery and Manchester, The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester. London, Tate Britain, Chris Ofili , 2010, pp. 32 and 166 (illustrated in color, p. 33). Hobart, MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), Monanism: An Evolving Exhibition , 2011. Hobart, MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), The Red Queen , 2013-2014 (illustrated in color, p. 178). New York, New Museum, Chris Ofili: Night and Day , 2015, pp. 160 and 210 (illustrated in color, pp. 161 and 162)

Literature:

S. Dubin, ‘Afterword: When Elephants Fight: how Sensation became Sensational’ in Displays of Power: Controversy in the American Museum from the Enola Gay to Sensation , New York, 1999, pp. 246- 275 (illustrated in color on the cover). S. Kent, R. Cork and D. Price (eds.), Young British Art: The Saatchi Decade , London 1999 (illustrated in color, p. 396). C. Saatchi and P. Ellis, 100: The Work That Changed British Art , London 2003, pp. 68 and 207, no. 27 (illustrated in color, p. 69). S. Brent Plate, Blasphemy: Art that Offends , London 2006 (mentioned, pp. 48 and 50). A. Mahon, Eroticism in Art , Oxford, 2007, p. 258, no. 101 (illustrated in color). G. Muir, Lucky Kunst: The Rise and Fall of Young British Art , London 2009 (mentioned, pp. 228-230). E. Booth-Clibborn (ed.), The History of the Saatchi Gallery , London 2009, p. 389 (installation view illustrated in color, pp. 389 and 405). D. Adjaye, P. Doig, O. Enwezor, T. Golden & K. Walker, Chris Ofili , New York 2009, pp. 78 and 264 (illustrated in color, p. 79). D. Walsh and E. Pearce, Monanisms , Hobart 2011, p. 364 (illustrated in color, p. 53). D. Walsh, E. Pearce & J. Clarke, Stories of O , Hobart, 2014, p. 250 (illustrated in color, p. 134)

Provenance:

Victoria Miro, London. Saatchi Collection, London (acquired from the above in 1996). Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007