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Fairytale - 1001 Chairs
Details
Ai Weiwei (b. 1957)
Fairytale - 1001 Chairs
(i) titled 'Fairytale' in Chinese (on the underside); numbered '057' (on a label affixed to the underside)
(ii) titled 'Fairytale' in Chinese (on the underside); numbered '078' (on a label affixed to the underside)
each: Qing Dynasty wooden chair
(i) 40 3/8 x 22 7/8 x 17 7/8in. (102.5 x 58 x 45.5cm.)
(ii) 43 ¾ x 23 3/8 x 18 1/8in. (111 x 59.3 x 46cm.)
Executed in 2007
Fairytale - 1001 Chairs
(i) titled 'Fairytale' in Chinese (on the underside); numbered '057' (on a label affixed to the underside)
(ii) titled 'Fairytale' in Chinese (on the underside); numbered '078' (on a label affixed to the underside)
each: Qing Dynasty wooden chair
(i) 40 3/8 x 22 7/8 x 17 7/8in. (102.5 x 58 x 45.5cm.)
(ii) 43 ¾ x 23 3/8 x 18 1/8in. (111 x 59.3 x 46cm.)
Executed in 2007
Provenance
Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
C. Merewether (ed.), Ai Weiwei: Under Construction, exh. cat., Sydney, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, 2008 (Documenta installation view illustrated in colour, p. 124).
K. Smith, H.-U. Obrist and B. Fibicher, Ai Weiwei, London 2009 (Documenta installation view illustrated in colour, p. 41).
M. Siemons and Ai W., Ai Weiwei: So Sorry, exh. cat., Munich, Haus der Kunst, 2009 (Documenta installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 46 and 115).
J. Bingham (ed.), Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds, exh. cat., London, Tate Modern, 2010-2011 (Documenta installation view illustrated in colour, p. 32).
L. Bovier and S. Schnetz (ed.), Fairytale: A Reader, Zurich 2012 (Documenta installation view illustrated, pp. 36, 38-39, 68).
Ai Weiwei, exh. cat., London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2015, p. 79 (Documenta installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 80-81).
K. Smith, H.-U. Obrist and B. Fibicher, Ai Weiwei, London 2009 (Documenta installation view illustrated in colour, p. 41).
M. Siemons and Ai W., Ai Weiwei: So Sorry, exh. cat., Munich, Haus der Kunst, 2009 (Documenta installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 46 and 115).
J. Bingham (ed.), Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds, exh. cat., London, Tate Modern, 2010-2011 (Documenta installation view illustrated in colour, p. 32).
L. Bovier and S. Schnetz (ed.), Fairytale: A Reader, Zurich 2012 (Documenta installation view illustrated, pp. 36, 38-39, 68).
Ai Weiwei, exh. cat., London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2015, p. 79 (Documenta installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 80-81).
Exhibited
Kassel, Documenta 12, Fairytale, 2007, p. 356 (installation view illustrated in colour, p. 209).
Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Ai Weiwei: In The Chapel, 2014 (another example exhibited, installation views illustrated in colour, pp. 33-41).
Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Ai Weiwei: In The Chapel, 2014 (another example exhibited, installation views illustrated in colour, pp. 33-41).
Further Details
This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
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