Wang Qingsong

Estimate

70,000 - 90,000 USD

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Description

Wang Qingsong
Past, Present and Future
each signed in Chinese and Pinyin, dated 2001 and numbered 3/10, with 2 seals of the artist
chromogenic prints, in 3 parts
i. and iii. Each: 47 1/4 by 78 3/4 in. 120 by 200 cm. ii. 47 1/4 by 59 in. 120 by 150 cm.

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner directly from the artist

Exhibited

Other examples exhibited:
Kunstmuseum Bern; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, 2005-06, pp. 112-113, illustrated in color
New York, International Center of Photography and Asia Society; Chicago, Smart Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art; Seattle Art Museum; London, Victoria & Albert Museum, Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, 2004-06, no. 27, p. 76, illustrated in color
Beijing, CourtYard Gallery, Romantique: Wang Qingsong, 2004, p. 25, illustrated in color
Paris, Espace Cardin, Paris-Pékin, October 2002, pp. 196-197, illustrated in color
São Paulo, Fondation Armando Alvares Penteado, China, August 2002

Literature

Chen Weiqun ed., Sanguine Splendor - Wang Qingsong Works, Beijing, 2007, pp. 138-139, illustrated in color
Kerry Roach ed., Wang Qingsong, London, 2006, pp. 54-55, illustrated in color
Out of the Red: The New Emerging Generation of Chinese Photographers, Milan, 2004, pp. 186-189, illustrated in color
Zhu Qi, ed., Chinese Avant-Garde Photography Since 1990, Changsha, 2004, p. 239, illustrated in color
Centre Pompidou ed., Alors, la Chine?, Paris, 2003, pp. 274-275, illustrated in color

Condition

Very small creasing on the top left corner and faint wrinkles on the lower left corner of "Past". Small creasing on the top corners of "Future". All three parts are framed separately under Plexiglas. Not examined out of frame.
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