SHAO FAN (Chinese, B. 1964)

Work No. 5 of Year 2005

Details

SHAO FAN
(Chinese, B. 1964)
Work No. 5 of Year 2005
signed in Chinese; numbered '4/5' (carved on the side of the base)
wood
50.5 x 96.2 x 68.6 cm (19 7/8 x 37 7/8 x 27 in.)
edition: 4/5
Executed in 2005

Provenance

Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
Private collection , Paris, France

Literature

Modern Painter, Contrasts and Contradictions: Contrast Gallery, March 2006 (another example illustrated, p. 125).
Nancy Berliner and Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Inspired by China: Contemporary Furniture Makers Explore Chinese Territory, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, 2007 (another example illustrated, p.125).
Zhang Hongxing and Lauren Parker, eds., China Design Now, London, 2008 (another example illustrated, p. 86, fig. 81).
Volker Fischer and Stephen von der Shulenburg, Sit in China: An Excursion through 500 years of the Culture of Sitting, Stuttgart, 2010 (another example illustrated, p. 66).

Exhibited

Miami, USA, Design 05 Miami, 1 - 5 December 2005.
Shanghai, China, Contrasts Gallery, Shao Fan - Pierre Marie Lejeune - Sculpteurs - Deux Propositions, 14 May - 28 June 2006.

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Lot Essay

US$3,000-5,000

With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with silvered dial and gold cubic style numerals in 1924 and its subsequent sale on 7 October 1925.

The present timepiece is fresh to the market.

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