ID 1250574
Lot 144 | AI WEIWEI (B. 1957)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
Marble Chair
marble
46 ¼ x 21 7/8 x 17 3/8in. (117.5 x 55.6 x 44.2cm.)
Executed in 2008, this work is unique
Provenance
Private Collection, Gstaad (acquired directly from the artist in 2010).
Thence by descent to 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).
Durham, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, In Relation to Power: Politically Engaged Works from the Collection, 2021-2022 (another from the series exhibited).
Further details
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
| Artist: | Ai Weiwei (1957) |
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| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Ai Weiwei (1957) |
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| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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