Wang Guangyi

signed in Chinese and Pinyin and dated 1990 on the reverse, framed

Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, Europe
Sotheby's New York, 17 September, 2008, lot 26
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Germany, Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt; The Netherlands, Kunsthal Rotterdam; UK, Oxford, The Museum of Modern Art; Denmark, Odense, Kunsthallen Brandts Kladefabrik, China Avant-garde, 1993-1994, p. 114

He Xiangning Art Museum ed., Image is Power, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, China, 2002, p. 125
Wang Guangyi, Timezone 8 Ltd., Shenzhen, China, 2002, p. 109
Lü Peng, A History of Art In Twentieth Century China, Peking University Press, Beijing, China, 2006, p. 940
Lü Peng, A History of Art In Twentieth Century China, Edizioni Charta, Milan, Italy, 2010, p. 970
Wu Hung ed., Contemporary Chinese Art: Primary Documents, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA, 2010, p. 146

This work is generally in good condition, consistant with its age and medium. The original canvas was strip lined. Blooming of craquelures are the scattered, especially along the edges of the canvas. Please note tthat it is framed in an acrylic box and it was not examined out of it with ultraviolet light.
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