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This print depicts Valery Giscard d'Estaing, the French Socialist President (1974-1981), in a close-cropped composition based on a news photograph. One of the most influential contemporary painters of the past two decades, Tuymans explores memory, history, power, and paranoia through found imagery.

Source: News, July August September 2012.


Printer
Edition Copenhagen
DimensionsFrame: 38 1/2 × 30 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (97.8 × 76.8 × 3.8 cm)
Sheet: 30 × 22 in. (76.2 × 55.9 cm)
Image: 10 3/4 × 16 in. (27.3 × 40.6 cm)
Accession Number 2012.24
Classificationsprint
Signed"L. Tuymans" (l,l pencil)
Inscriptions"30/100" (l,r pencil)
EditionEdition 30 of 100k, 10 APs, 10 PPs
Paper/Support250 gr. Velin d'Arches paper
Giscard
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines