Gary Bunt (British, 1957-2025) The Philosophers signed 'GARY/BUNT' (lower left); further signed, titled, dated and inscribed '2010/THE PHILOSOPHERS/DID GOD BURN HIS HANDS/WHEN HE MADE THE SUN/WHO INVENTED CATS/WHY DID HE MAKE THE/SEA SO WET/WHY IS NEXT DOORS FAT/WHY DID HE MAKE/LIFE COMPLICATED/HOW DO THEY CLIMB TREES/WHY DO PEOPLE LOVE TO/HATE/DID I CATCH HIS FLEAS/GARY BUNT' (on canvas verso) oil on canvas 78.5 x 98.5cm (30 7/8 x 38 3/4in). Provenance With Portland Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner Private Collection, U.K. Exhibited London, Portland Gallery, Gary Bunt, December 2010, cat.no.18 Literature Alexandra Fielding and Tom Hewlett, Gary Bunt: The Long Way Round, White Lane Press, Plymouth, 2010, p.71 (col.ill.)