Lot 271: Pierre et Gilles (b. 1950 and 1953)

Vive la France, 2006 signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'VIVE LA FRANCE Serge, Moussa, Roberto 2006 pierre ♥ gilles' (on the reverse)pigment print on canvas in artists' frame57 3/8 x 49 3/8 in.145.9 x 125.5 cm.This work is unique.

Provenance
Galerie Jerome de Noirmont, Paris. Acquired directly from the above by the previous ownerThence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited: Paris, Galerie Jerome de Noirmont, Pierre et Gilles - Un monde parfait, 10 November 2006 - 10 January 2007Paris, Jeu de Paume, double je 1976-2007, 26 June - 23 September 2007Vienna, Leopold Museum, Nude Men: from 1800 to the present day, 19 October 2012 – 04 March 2013Paris, Musée d'Orsay, Masculin/Masculin. L'homme nu dans l'art de 1800 à nos jours, 24 September 2013 – 12 January 2014Le Havre, Musée d'art moderne André Malraux, Pierre et Gilles: Claire-Obscur, 27 May - 20 August 2017 (this exhibition also traveled to: Brussels, Musée d'ixelles, 2017)