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Details
AI WEIWEI (B. 1957)
Marble Chair
marble
46 1⁄8 x 22 1⁄4 x 17 1⁄2in. (117 x 57 x 44.5cm.)
Executed in 2008, this work is unique
Marble Chair
marble
46 1⁄8 x 22 1⁄4 x 17 1⁄2in. (117 x 57 x 44.5cm.)
Executed in 2008, this work is unique
Provenance
Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Exhibited
Sydney, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Ai Weiwei: Under Construction, 2008, pp. 4, 142 and 153 (another from the series exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 143 and on the backcover). This exhibition later travelled to Campbelltown, Campbelltown Arts Centre.
London, Phillips de Pury & Co., Ai Weiwei: Four Movements, 2009 (another from the series exhibited).
Madrid, Ivory press Art+Books Space, Ai Weiwei. Ways Beyond Art, 2009 (another from the series exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 51).
Lucerne, Galerie Urs Meile, Ai Weiwei, 2010 (another from the series exhibited).
London, Lisson Gallery, Ai Weiwei, 2011 (another from the series exhibited).
London, Phillips de Pury & Co., Ai Weiwei: Four Movements, 2009 (another from the series exhibited).
Madrid, Ivory press Art+Books Space, Ai Weiwei. Ways Beyond Art, 2009 (another from the series exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 51).
Lucerne, Galerie Urs Meile, Ai Weiwei, 2010 (another from the series exhibited).
London, Lisson Gallery, Ai Weiwei, 2011 (another from the series exhibited).
Special Notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Further Details
Another from the edition is currently held in the collection of The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina and the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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