WHITEREAD RACHEL: (1963- ) artista inglese, prima donna a vincere il Turner Prize (1993). Fotografia firmata 8 x 10 dell'artista in posa di testa e di spalle con la sua opera più famosa, House (1993; demolita nel 1994), situata in Grove Road, East London, sullo sfondo. Firmato da Whiteread in inchiostro blu con il suo solo nome sul bordo bianco inferiore. Una nota a matita di un collezionista al verso indica che la firma è stata apposta di persona al Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Belvedere 21 di Vienna. EX Era per la sua opera d'arte House , un calco in cemento dell'interno di un'intera casa vittoriana a schiera, che Whiteread vinse il Turner Prize nel 1993.

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