Lot 203
  • 203

Cao Fei

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Cao Fei
  • City Watcher (from the Cosplayers series)
  • signed, titled and numbered 2/10 on a label affixed to the backing board
  • c-print
  • image: 74 by 99 cm. 29 1/8 by 39 in.
  • framed: 98.5 by 122.5 cm. 39 1/4 by 48 1/4 in.
  • Executed in 2004, this work is number 2 from an edition of 10.

Provenance

Lombard Freid, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Space Invaders, Art and the computer game environment, December 2009 - February 2010, (edition no. unknown)

Literature

Michelle Antoinette and Caroline Turner, Contemporary Asian art and exhibitions: connectivities and world-making, Acton 2014, p. 26, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although they are slightly lighter in the original. Condition: Unexamined out of its frame, this work is in very good condition.
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