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Fairytale - 1001 Chairs (Nr. L/R-030, Nr. L/R-031)
Details
Ai Weiwei (B. 1957)
Fairytale - 1001 Chairs (Nr. L/R-030, Nr. L/R-031)
each: signed in Chinese 'Fairytale' (on the underside)
each: Qing dynasty wooden chair
(i) 46 ¼ x 23 ¼ x 18 1/8in. (117.5 x 59 x 46cm.)
(ii) 40 1/8 x 22 ½ x 18in. (102 x 57 x 45.7cm.)
Executed in 2007
Fairytale - 1001 Chairs (Nr. L/R-030, Nr. L/R-031)
each: signed in Chinese 'Fairytale' (on the underside)
each: Qing dynasty wooden chair
(i) 46 ¼ x 23 ¼ x 18 1/8in. (117.5 x 59 x 46cm.)
(ii) 40 1/8 x 22 ½ x 18in. (102 x 57 x 45.7cm.)
Executed in 2007
Provenance
Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne.
Private Collection, London.
Private Collection, London.
Literature
C. Merewether, Ai Weiwei: Under Construction, Sydney 2008 (another example illustrated in colour, p. 124).
K. Smith, H.U. Obrist and B. Fibicher, Ai Weiwei, London 2009 (another example illustrated in colour, pp. 39-41).
M. Siemons and A. Weiwei, Ai Weiwei, New York 2009 (another example illustrated in colour, pp. 46 and 115).
Ai Weiwei, exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2015 (another example illustrated in colour, pp. 80-81).
K. Smith, H.U. Obrist and B. Fibicher, Ai Weiwei, London 2009 (another example illustrated in colour, pp. 39-41).
M. Siemons and A. Weiwei, Ai Weiwei, New York 2009 (another example illustrated in colour, pp. 46 and 115).
Ai Weiwei, exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2015 (another example illustrated in colour, pp. 80-81).
Exhibited
Kassel, Documenta 12, Fairytale, 2007.
Paris, Galerie Torri, A Few Things That I Know From Them, Braco Dimitrijevic, Hamish Fulton, Ai Weiwei, Zhao Zhao, 2013 (another example exhibited).
Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Ai Weiwei In The Chapel, 2014.
Paris, Galerie Torri, A Few Things That I Know From Them, Braco Dimitrijevic, Hamish Fulton, Ai Weiwei, Zhao Zhao, 2013 (another example exhibited).
Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Ai Weiwei In The Chapel, 2014.
Special Notice
This Lot is transferred to an offsite warehouse ‘Cadogan Tate’ at the close of business on the day of the sale. We will give you 2 weeks free storage from the date of the sale and after that point charges apply. All other lots will be held at Christie''s South Kensington until 5pm the fifth Friday after the sale. It will then be transferred to Cadogan Tate.
Further Details
The pair of chairs is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.