WOLFGANG TILLMANS (B. 1968)
(i) operating theatre I
(ii) operating theatre II
(i) signed, titled, inscribed, numbered and dated 'operating theatre I ph 1 94 pr. WT 12 94 1/3 + 1 Wolfgang Tillmans' (on the reverse)
(ii) signed, titled, inscribed, numbered and dated 'operating theatre II ph 1 94 pr. WT 12 94 1/3 + 1 Wolfgang Tillmans' (on the reverse)
each: chromogenic print
each sheet: 20 x 24in. (50.8 x 61cm.)
each image: 20 x 24in. (50.8 x 61cm.)
overall: 19⁷⁄₈ x 47³⁄₄in. (50.6 x 121.4cm.)
Photographed and printed in 1994, this work is number one from an edition of three plus one artist's proof

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

(ii) Wolfgang Tillmans. Wer Liebe wagt lebt morgen, exh. cat., Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 1996 (installation view at Thaddaeus Ropac illustrated in colour, pp. 144-145; installation view at Galerie Buchholz illustrated in colour, p. 155).
(i-ii) J. Verwoert, P. Halley, et al., Wolfgang Tillmans, London 2002, p. 160 (another version illustrated in colour, p. 18-19).
(i-ii) B. Riemschneider (ed.), Wolfgang Tillmans, Cologne 1995, (another version illustrated in colour, pp. 149-150).
B. Riemschneider (ed.), Wolfgang Tillmans, Cologne 2002, p. 271 (another version illustrated in colour, pp. 139-140).
Wolfgang Tillmans To look without fear, exh. cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art, 2022-2023 (installation view at Kunsthalle Zürich illustrated in colour, p. 39; installation view at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art illustrated in colour, p. 255).

(ii) Zurich, Kunsthalle Zürich, Wolfgang Tillmans, 1995 (another version exhibited, illustrated, unpaged).
(ii) Cologne, Galerie Buchholz, Wolfgang Tillmans, 1994 (another version exhibited).
(ii) Los Angles, Regen Projects, Wolfgang Tillmans, 1995 (another version exhibited).
(ii) London, Tate Britain, Wolfgang Tillmans: if one thing natters, everything matters, 2003, no. 1994-015 (another version exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 82).
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Taschen Collection, 2004-2005, pp. 238 and 253 (another version exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 236-237).