FOLDING FAN, MADE IN MADRID. SIMPLE LEAF OF CHROMOLITOGRAPHIED SHINY PAPER, WOOD STICKS. THE WORK, ENTITLED "DEATH AFTER LIFE" WAS CREATED IN 1987 BY THE FAMOUS PAINTERS GILBERT & GEORGE (GILBERT PROESCH, ITALIAN, 1943; GEORGE PASSMORE, BRITISH, 1942) TWO OF THE BODY ART'S GREATEST CONTEMPORARY EXPONENTS. (SEE BUCHHOLZ/MAGNANI, INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF MULTIPLES FROM DUCHAMP TO THE PRESENT, TOKIO, 1992, P. 79 AND CHRISTIE'S AMSTERDAM CATALOGUE, 13 SEPTEMBER 2001, FAN N. 1). THIS EXEMPLAR WAS BOUGHT IN 1990 AT MUNICH'S "ANTIQUE CABINET OF LYRIC POETRY". STILL WITH ITS ORIGINAL WRAPPER. SIGNED FOR ME BY THE AUTHORS IN FRONT OF MY HUSBAND AND MY DAUGHTER'S EYES (GILBERT SAID:  "OH, ONE OF MY FANS!") ON DECEMBER, 4th 2007 DURING THE INTERNATIONAL BIENNAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN FLORENCE, WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN REWADED AT THEIR CAREER. CM 23. MAX SPREAD CM. 42,5. STICKS 22+2.