AI WEIWEI (B. 1957)

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ID 717581
Lot 317 | AI WEIWEI (B. 1957)
AI WEIWEI (B. 1957)

Bamboo and Porcelain

porcelain and bamboo, in three parts

each vase: 11 3⁄4in. (30cm.) high, 14 1⁄8in. (36cm.) diameter

bamboo: 159 1⁄2in. (405cm.) long, 3 1⁄8in. (7.8cm.) diameter

Executed in 2009, this work is unique







Provenance

Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne.

Acquired from the above by the present owner.





Literature

C. Merewether and M. Price (eds.), Ai Weiwei/Herzog & De Meuron: Beijing, Venice, London, London 2008, pp. 108-109 (installation view of others from the series illustrated in colour, pp. 74-77 and 78).





Exhibited

London, Albion Gallery, Ai Weiwei, 2008 (others from the series exhibited).





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