Monkey

© Gary Hume. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Steven White, courtesy White Cube

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Around 1992 Hume began using household gloss on aluminium panels, this led to a much brighter and jazzier palette of colours, reminiscent of glossy advertisements in magazines. Such material was the starting point for the rich variety of images that Hume painted. 'Monkey' belongs to a group of paintings whose images were inspired by 15th-century tapestries on the theme of La Dame à la licorne.

British Council Collection

London

Title

Monkey

Date

1997

Medium

enamel on aluminium panel

Measurements

H 89 x W 82.5 cm

Accession number

P6925

Acquisition method

purchased from White Cube, 1997

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

verso c: Monkey 1997 Gary Hume

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British Council Collection

British Council, 1 Redman Place, London, Greater London E20 1JQ England

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