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Cai Guo-Qiang
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- Cai Guo-Qiang
- Nontransparent Monument (set of five works)
each signed in Chinese and Pinyin, dated 2006, and numbered 7/20
- ink rubbings on handmade Chinese rice paper
- stele 1: 92 7/8 by 51 in. 236 by 129.5 cm.; stele 3: 76 by 51 1/4 in. 193 by 130 cm.; stele 4: 68 1/2 by 50 1/2 in. 174 by 128 cm.; stele 6: 87 by 50 3/4 in. 221 by 129 cm.; stele 7: 74 1/2 by 50 3/4 in. 189 by 129 cm.
Provenance
The Mezzanine Gallery at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Literature
Gary Tinterow, Cai Guo-Qiang on the Roof: Transparent Monument, New York, 2006 (another example illustrated)
Catalogue Note
These rubbings were taken from the nine-panel green limestone relief titled Nontransparent Monument installed on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from April to October 2006. These five ink rubbings are a complete set.