Lot 889
  • 889

Wang Qingsong

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 HKD
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Description

  • Wang Qingsong
  • Thinker & Requesting Buddha No. 1 (two works)
  • photograph
(i) signed in Chinese and Pinyin, dated 1998, and numbered 5/10, framed 
(ii) signed in Chinese and Pinyin, dated 1999, and numbered 6/10, framed

Provenance

(ii) Galerie Loft, Paris and Hong Kong
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

France, Paris, Galerie Loft, Wang Qingsong : Golden Future, 2002, pp. 5-6
UK, London, Albion Gallery, Wang Qingsong, 6 June-7 July 2006, pp. 36 and 46-47

Literature

(ii) Out of the Red - The New Emerging Generation of Chinese Photographers, Damiani Editore, Italy, 2004, p. 185
(ii) Frèches José ed., Créateurs du monde nouveau : Artistes chinois d'aujourd'hui, Gallargues-le-Montueux : le Petit Camarguais, Gallargues-Le Montueux, France, 2005, p. 159

Condition

These works are generally in good conditions. (i) has minor scuffs along the top and bottom edge, as well as a visible scuff near the upper right quadrant, which is visible under a raking light. (ii) has minor printing marks as well as a slightly undulated surface. Please note that these works were not examined out of their frames.
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