Ending 13th Aug, 2025 14:00

Tate Ward @ Artsy - By Collectors For Collectors

Lot 198

Lot 198 - Faile (Collaboration), 'Stories Of Love In Blue', 2007

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Faile (Collaboration), 'Stories Of Love In Blue', 2007

Sold for £750
Estimated at £600 - £800

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Condition Report

In Very Good Condition/Artist's Condition
No knocks, tears, or creases to the sheet
One very minor soft corner, upper right
The work has been stored flat and never been framed

Faile (Collaboration), 'Stories Of Love In Blue', 2007, Acrylic & Silkscreen on Lennox 100 Paper, signed in pencil, stamped and numbered from an edition of 18 verso, sheet; 96 x 96 cm

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Faile

Since 1999, Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller have collaborated under the name FAILE (an anagram of “a life”) to create kinetic, image-saturated paintings, prints, sculptures, and installations. Their democratic street style features fragmented mash-ups of comic book and cartoon characters, advertising and propaganda slogans, bright patterns and colors, and historical and pop cultural references. At the beginning of their career, FAILE’s work appeared on the streets as stickers, posters, and stenciled images. Since then, the duo has enjoyed exhibitions at Tate Modern, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Brooklyn Museum, the Central Academy of Fine Art Museum in Beijing, and the Mima Museum in Brussels, among other institutions. FAILE has also produced large-scale murals and staged participatory public interventions in cities including New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Lyon, France—further blurring the lines between “high” and “low” culture.