Wang Guangyi
Mao Ao , 1988
Lot #511 |
2007-10-13 |
Phillips, London
China Avant–garde: The Farber Collection
Category:
paintings
Estimate:
GBP 500,000 - 700,000 (currency of sale)
USD 1,014,528 - 1,420,339 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Phillips
Auction number: UK010607
Auction name: China Avant–garde: The Farber Collection
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2007-10-13
Currency: GBP
Source:
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Lot Description
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Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 69 1/2 x 140 1/4 in. (176.5 x 356.2 cm) overall.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
695
Width In Centimeters:
14025
Height In Inches:
273.622
Width In Inches:
5521.654
Signed: Login to view
Edition: Initialed and dated “88.12.W� along central lower edge.
Provenance
Private collection, Beijing
Exhibited
Beijing, China/Avant Garde, National Art Gallery, February 1989
Literature
V. Doran, ed., China’s New Art, Post 1989, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 110 (illustrated); M. Gao, ed., Inside Out: New Chinese Art, San Francisco and New York, 1998-1999, p. 99 (illustrated); M. Koppel-Yang, “Revolt is Reasonable,� Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Summer Issue, August 2002, p. 67; G. Wang, Wang Guangyi, Beijing, 2002, pp. 92-93 (illustrated); M. Koppel-Yang, Semiotic Warfare: The Chinese Avant-Garde, 1979-89, A Semiotic Analysis, Beijing, 2002, p. 5, 25, 152-161 (illustrated); pp. 92-93; Centre Pompidou, Alors, La Chine?, Paris, 2003, p. 248 (illustrated); S. Acret, ed., Wang Guangyi: The Legacy of Heroism, Hong Kong, 2004, p. 18; M. Nuridsany, China Art Now, Paris， 2004, p. 61; H. Wu, Remaking Beijing, Chicago, 2005, pp. 184-185; K. Smith, Nine Lives: the Birth of Avant-Garde Art, Zurich, 2005, pp. 54-55 (illustrated); B. Erickson, On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West, Hong Kong, 2005, p. 18 (illustrated); P. Lu and D. Yi, “Wang Guangyi’s Artistic Questions in the 1990s,� Wang Guangyi: Art and People, Sichuan, 2006; P. Lu, “Contemporary Chinese Art Selections: Wang Guangyi,� Wang Guangyi: Art and People, Sichuan, 2006; M. Gao, ed., The Wall, Buffalo and Hong Kong, 2006, p. 100 (illustrated)
Catalog summary
<strong><br>Description:</strong><br>Wang Guangyi null Oil on canvas in three parts. 69 1/2 x 140 1/4 in. (176.5 x 356.2 cm) overall. Initialed and dated “88.12.W� along central lower edge. <strong>Provenance: </strong>Private collection, Beijing <strong>Literature: </strong>V. Doran, ed., China’s New Art, Post 1989, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 110 (illustrated); M. Gao, ed., Inside Out: New Chinese Art, San Francisco and New York, 1998-1999, p. 99 (illustrated); M. Koppel-Yang, “Revolt is Reasonable,� Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Summer Issue, August 2002, p. 67; G. Wang, Wang Guangyi, Beijing, 2002, pp. 92-93 (illustrated); M. Koppel-Yang, Semiotic Warfare: The Chinese Avant-Garde, 1979-89, A Semiotic Analysis, Beijing, 2002, p. 5, 25, 152-161 (illustrated); pp. 92-93; Centre Pompidou, Alors, La Chine?, Paris, 2003, p. 248 (illustrated); S. Acret, ed., Wang Guangyi: The Legacy of Heroism, Hong Kong, 2004, p. 18; M. Nuridsany, China Art Now, Paris， 2004, p. 61; H. Wu, Remaking Beijing, Chicago, 2005, pp. 184-185; K. Smith, Nine Lives: the Birth of Avant-Garde Art, Zurich, 2005, pp. 54-55 (illustrated); B. Erickson, On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West, Hong Kong, 2005, p. 18 (illustrated); P. Lu and D. Yi, “Wang Guangyi’s Artistic Questions in the 1990s,� Wang Guangyi: Art and People, Sichuan, 2006; P. Lu, “Contemporary Chinese Art Selections: Wang Guangyi,� Wang Guangyi: Art and People, Sichuan, 2006; M. Gao, ed., The Wall, Buffalo and Hong Kong, 2006, p. 100 (illustrated) <strong>Exhibited: </strong>Beijing, China/Avant Garde, National Art Gallery, February 1989 <strong>Condition Report: </strong>