‘‘Yes that's so eternal. How do you judge archaeological stuff? How do you judge sculpture […] why does culture for thousands of years focus on craftsmanship and then all of a sudden in the 20th century it stops?! The expectation is if you are literate, you like abstract art, monochromes and conceptual art - the reasoning is that working class people are too stupid to understand modern art.’’
—Wim Delvoye
- Provenance
  Perrotin, Paris
  Acquired from the above by the present owner
- Exhibited
  Paris, Perrotin, Wim Delvoye, 10 March - 19 May 2007
  Essen, Museum Folkwang, Rockers Island: Olbricht Collection, 5 May - 1 July 2007, p. 269
  Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Go for it ! Olbricht Collection (a sequel), 10 May 2008 - 17 January 2010
  Kunsthalle Krems, Lebenslust & Totentanz: Olbricht Collection, 18 July - 7 November 2010, p. 183 (illustrated, p. 74)
  Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bild Macht Religion: Kunst zwischen Verehrung, Verbot und Vernichtung, 13 October 2018 - 24 February 2019

Wim Delvoye

Chapelle

steel, stainless steel, stained glass and lightbulbs
330.5 x 308.2 x 184.8 cm (130 1/8 x 121 3/8 x 72 3/4 in.)
Executed in 2007.

Estimate
£100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠

Sold for £114,300

Contact Specialist

Leonor de Osma
Head of Sale, 20th Century to Now
T +44 20 7901 7912
M +44 7584 086 052
ldeosma@phillips.com

London Auction 30 June 2023