Chris Ofili painting Blossom expected to fetch up to £1.5m at auction

Work featuring Turner prize winner’s signature use of elephant dung to be auctioned for first time in OctoberA key work by the Turner prize-winning British artist Chris Ofili featuring his signature use of elephant dung is to be put up for auction for the first time at Christie’s in October.Blossom (1997), a portrait created a year before Ofili became the first black artist to win the Turner prize in 1998, is estimated to sell for £1m to £1.5m. The piece blends sacred iconography with popular culture and African symbolism, using Ofili’s signature materials of glitter, resin and elephant dung. Continue reading...

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