Lot 539
  • 539

Cai Guo-Qiang, B. 1957

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Description

  • Cai Guo-Qiang
  • UNTITLED
  • signed on the inside front cover
  • gunpowder and ink on printed book

  • 21.2 by 15cm.; 8½ by 6in.
  • Executed on 24th May 2002 at the opening of the artist's exhibition at the Hakone Open-Air Museum.

Condition

There are several loose areas of charred paper that have come away from the book; much of the rest of the outer sheets is unstable.The corners of the book are evry slightly worn but otherwise this work is in good original condition.
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