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Mila Fürstová (Czech, born 1975): 'True Love I' Artwork From Coldplay's 'Ghost Stories' Album, 2014 , image 1
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Mila Fürstová (Czech, born 1975): 'True Love I' Artwork From Coldplay's 'Ghost Stories' Album,
2014 ,

24 May 2023, 12:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Mila Fürstová (Czech, born 1975): 'True Love I' Artwork From Coldplay's 'Ghost Stories' Album,

2014 ,
numbered A/P, hand-printed etching with ink and paint on heart-shaped paper, inscribed in ink For Marianne & Mike with love titled True Love and signed and dated 2014 by the artist, on raised mount, framed and glazed,
artwork 46 x 40.5cm (18 x 16in).

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Provenance:
Gifted to the vendor by the artist.

Lyrically, "True Love" talks about heartache and how the protagonist can't bear the pain of losing his lover. The song's lyrics were addressed to be about Chris Martin's divorce from his wife Gwyneth Paltrow, a recurrent theme on the whole album. Martin has claimed that "True Love" is the band's favourite track it has ever written.

Fürstová, whose work has been described as "dazzling images [that] are both contemporary and personal, searching in the surreality of dreams, tales and fables that can map the framework of our consciousness", and has won numerous awards, including the Royal College of Art Society Award in 2001 and becoming the youngest academician at the Royal West of England Academy in 2009, was invited by Coldplay to etch artwork for their new album in January 2013. She described the collaboration between her and the band as "a most inspiring journey and a truly humbling experience to cooperate with such talented people".

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