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Book from the Sky
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XU BING (B.1955)
Book from the Sky
signed ‘Xu Bing’ and signed in Chinese (on the first page of the first book); numbered ‘78/100’ and inscribed respectively (first page of each book)
woodblock print in a set 4 books, with original box
each book: 45.5 x 40 cm. (17 7⁄8 x 15 3⁄4 in.) (4)
box: 49 x 33.6 x 9.5 cm. (19 1⁄4 x 13 1⁄4 x 3 3⁄4 in.)
Executed in 1991
edition 78⁄100
Book from the Sky
signed ‘Xu Bing’ and signed in Chinese (on the first page of the first book); numbered ‘78/100’ and inscribed respectively (first page of each book)
woodblock print in a set 4 books, with original box
each book: 45.5 x 40 cm. (17 7⁄8 x 15 3⁄4 in.) (4)
box: 49 x 33.6 x 9.5 cm. (19 1⁄4 x 13 1⁄4 x 3 3⁄4 in.)
Executed in 1991
edition 78⁄100
Provenance
Eslite Gallery, Taipei
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Chinese Century, Paris-Pekin, exh. cat., Paris, Espace Cardin, 2002 (another edition illustrated, p.217).
Exhibited
Beijing, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, 85' New Wave: The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art Movement, 5 November 2007- 17 February 2008. (another edition exhibited).
Brought to you by
Ada Tsui (徐文君)
Vice President, Specialist, Head of Evening Sale