Lot 208
  • 208

Ai Weiwei

Estimate
35,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ai Weiwei
  • Beijing's Presents
  • four bricks of dismantled houses in Hutung and wood of destroyed temples, Qing dynasty
  • each brick: 4 by 12 by 24 cm. 1 5/8 by 4 3/4 by 9 3/8 in.
  • each box: 9.5 by 22.3 by 35.5 cm. 3 3/4 by 8 7/8 by 14 in.
  • Executed in 2002, this work is from an edition of 3.

Provenance

Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing
Private Collection, Europe
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although there are fewer magenta undertones visible in the original. Condition: This work is in very good and original condition. There are some short and superficial scratches in isolated places to the wooden boxes, visible when examined under raking light. There are scuffs, scratches, media accretions and specks of loss to the bricks, which is in keeping with the artist's use of found media.
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