Lot 231: Piss Flowers

Helen Chadwick (1953-1996) Piss Flowers bronze and cellulose lacquer 27 x 23 x 23in. (70 x 65 x 65cm.) Executed in 1991-1992, this work is number two from an edition of five plus three artist’s proofs

65 x 65cm.

Banff, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Helen Chadwick: Piss Flowers, 1991 (another from the edition exhibited). Liverpool, Tate Liverpool, Elective Affinities, 1993 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, p. 48-51). Nottingham, Angel Row Gallery, Helen Chadwick: Piss Flowers, 1993 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, unpaged). Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, From Death to Death and Other Small Tales: Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the D. Daskalopoulos Collection, 2013 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 71-72).

Effluvia: Helen Chadwick, exh. cat., London, Serpentine Gallery, 1994 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 7). Poesies: Helen Chadwick, exh. cat., Salzburg, Salzburger Kunstverein, 1994-1995 (another from the edition illustrated, pp. 21-23 and 27-31). Stilled Lives: Helen Chadwick, exh. cat., Edinburgh, Portfolio Gallery, 1996 (another from the edition illustrated, unpaged). Surroundings (Helen Chadwick, Hannah Collins, Willie Doherty, Steven Pippin, Catherine Yass), exh. cat., Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum, 1997-1998 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 54). Helen Chadwick, exh. cat., Kingston, Ferens Art Gallery, 1999 (another from the edition illustrated, pp. 2 and 5). Helen Chadwick, exh. cat., London, Barbican Art Gallery, 2004 (another from the edition illustrated, pp. 120-121 and 123). Helen Chadwick, exh. cat., Stockholm, Liljevalch Konsthall, 2005 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 14). Helen Chadwick: Works from the Estate, exh. cat., London, Richard Saltoun Gallery, 2013 (another from the edition illustrated, unpaged).

Private Collection, London (acquired directly from the artist). Anon. sale, Christie’s London, 24 September 2013, lot 18. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.