Courtney Black Cab 2004 20x16

Year2004

Not Signed 

Condition Excellent 

Framed without GlassBrown Frame 

Purchased fromPrivate Collector 

Provenance / HistoryWork was part of a solo exhibition at the Modern Art Oxford and featured in a Stella Vine book also an article written in the Financial Times. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

Additional InformationMotivated 

LID173145

Stella Vine - United Kingdom

Art Brokerage: Stella Vine British Artist: Stella Vine (born Melissa Jane Robson) was born in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. Her work is figurative painting with subject matter drawn from either her personal life of family, friends and school, or rock stars, royalty and celebrities. She has worked in various jobs, including as a waitress, stripper and cleaner. In 2001, she was exhibited by the Stuckists group, which she joined for a short time; she was married briefly to the group co-founder, Charles Thomson. In 2003, she opened her own gallery Rosy Wilde in East London. In 2004, Charles Saatchi bought Hi Paul can you come over I'm really frightened (2003), a painting by her of Diana, Princess of Wales, which provoked media controversy, as did a subsequent painting of drug victim, Rachel Whitear. There was a dispute with the Stuckists, who said they had influenced her work; Vine said they had not. Later work has included Kate Moss as a subject, as in Holy water cannot help you now (2005). In 2005, another painting of Diana, Princess of Wales, Murdered, pregnant and embalmed (2005) was bought by George Michael.