Lot 199
  • 199

AI WEIWEI | Flowers (No. 8)

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ai Weiwei
  • Flowers (No. 8)
  • signed and numbered 08 on the reverse
  • porcelain
  • 200 by 100 cm. 78 3/4 by 39 3/8 in.
  • Executed in 2007.

Provenance

Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007

Exhibited

Lucerne, Galerie Urs Meile, Ai Weiwei, November - December 2007

Literature

Galerie Urs Meile, Ed., Ai Weiwei Works 2004-2007, Zurich 2007, p. 73, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good and original condition. There are some minute specks of imperfections throughout which are inherent to the artist's choice of materials. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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Catalogue Note

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.