Aug 19, 2021 - Sale 2578

Sale 2578 - Lot 264

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

DAVID MCDERMOTT (1952 - )/PETER MCGOUGH (1958 - )


Joel at Lower Baldonell House, Dublin, 1910.
Palladium print, the image measuring 476.3x374.7 mm; 18 3/4x14 3/4 inches, the sheet 508x406.4 mm; 20x16 inches, with McDermott and McGough's signature, title, date, and edition notation 8/25, in pencil, on verso. 2003.

Additional Details

David McDermott and Peter McGough met through the active East Village art scene in the 1980s. Throughout their partnership they have created pseudo-historical works rooted in the aesthetic and techniques of the Victorian era. Their work explores themes of history, time, homoeroticism, and sexual politics.