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Xu Bing
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- Xu Bing
- Square Word Calligraphy (Spring Dawn)
inscribed Poem by Meng Haoran, Calligraphy by Xu Bing, Two Thousand and Three in the artist's unique New English Calligraphy script, with one seal of the artist
- hanging scroll; ink on paper
- 16 1/2 by 54 in. 41.9 by 137.1 cm
Provenance
Art Beatus, Vancouver
Catalogue Note
The text of the scroll reads:
Spring Dawn
I scarcely knew it was dawn so soundly was the sleep of spring
Everywhere there was birdsong
All night long was the cough of wind and rain
How many flowers have fallen to the ground?