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Cai Guo-Qiang
Estimate
1,500,000 - 2,000,000 HKD
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Description
- Cai Guo-Qiang
- Furious Tiger
- gunpowder and ink on paper laid down on panel
- 77.5 by 230 cm; 301/2 by 90 1/2 in.
signed in Pinyin, titled in Chinese and English and dated 2005
Provenance
Acquired from the artist in 2005
Condition
The work is in overall good condition. There are no signs of creasing or tears on the painting's surface
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
"[Cai Guo Qiang's oeuvre] is explosive and violent, like the age from whose core it erupts, yet it is also pervaded by an underlying, disdainful calm. This is the kind of beautiful calm that only art knows how to secure amid great commotion. In precisely such a calm, which calls thinking forth into the presence of terror, lies the works' challenge to the convulsive and disfiguring forces of the age – forces that, when left to themselves, put all thoughtfulness to flight, leaving us stunned and bewildered. It takes an art at least as powerful as the forces of the age itself to open a space of thoughtfulness in their midst, for it is only from out of the terror that the powers of rescue can arise".
Robert Pogue Harrison, Of Terror and Tigers: Reflections on Cai Guo-Qiang's Inopportune, Cai Guo-Qiang.com.N.p., n.d. Web. 14 April, 2012, p. 6