Lot 546
  • 546

CAI GUO-QIANG | Project Extraterrestrials No. 10: Project to Add 10,000 meters to the Great Wall of China

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 HKD
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Description

  • Cai Guo-Qiang
  • Project Extraterrestrials No. 10: Project to Add 10,000 meters to the Great Wall of China
  • ink and gunpowder on paper
  • 15 by 21.5 cm; 6 by 8½ in. 
signed in Pinyin; signed in Pinyin and Chinese, titled in English, Japanese and Chinese on the reverseExecuted in 1994.

Provenance

Private Collection 
Est-Ouest Auctions, Tokyo, 4 April 2008, lot 209
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. Minor discolouration of paper is consistent with the age of the artist's chosen medium. Minor signs of creases and pinpoint brown spots, visible only upon close examination, are found to be scarcely scattered throughout the work. Please note that the work was examined within its frame. Framed under Plexiglas.
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