Lot 801
  • 801

Wang Guangyi

Estimate
800,000 - 1,000,000 HKD
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Description

  • Wang Guangyi
  • Virus Carrier No. 2
  • oil on canvas
signed in Chinese and dated 1997; signed in Chinese and Pinyin and dated 1997 on the reverse, framed

Provenance

Galerie Loft, Paris and Hong Kong
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Spain, Valencia, Surreal versus Surrealism in Contemporary Art, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, 29 September 2011 - 8th January, 2012
China, Beijing, Today Art Museum, Thing-In-Itself: Utopia, Pop And Personal Theology—Wang Guangyi Retrospective Exhibition, 14 October – 27 November, 2012, p. 311

Literature

Wang Guangyi, Timezone 8 Ltd., Shenzhen, China, 2002, p. 52
Wang Guangyi: The Legacy of Heroism, Hanart TZ Gallery., Hong Kong, China, 2004, p. 80 
Chinese Artists of Today: Wang Guangyi: Art and People, Hebei Education Press, Shijiazhuang, China, 2005, p. 155
Lü Peng ed., Contemporary Artists Collection - Wang Guangyi, Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House, Chengdu, China, 2007, p. 69
Wang Guangyi: Works and Thoughts 1985-2012, Skira Editore, Milano, Italy, 2013, p. 179

Condition

This work is generally in good condition. There are scuffs to the surface along the top edge, both approx. 11 cm., with one area of associated abrasion, approx. 1 cm. There is also a vertical scuff, approx. 13 cm., in the top right corner. Small area of surface paint cracks in the top left corner. Please note it was not examined under ultraviolet light.
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