As It Unfolds: Property From the Personal Collection of Robin Woodhead
As It Unfolds: Property From the Personal Collection of Robin Woodhead
Property from the Personal Collection of Robin Woodhead
Ai Weiwei
'New York Photographs 1983-1993'
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November 10, 02:17 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Property from the Personal Collection of Robin Woodhead
Ai Weiwei
b. 1957
New York Photographs 1983-1993
(Beijing/New York: Three Shadows Photography Art Centre/Chambers Fine Art, 2010, an edition of 38 plus 12 artist's proofs) the complete deluxe portfolio of 12 pigment prints, each signed, titled in Chinese and English, and some dated in ink in the margin, 1983-1993, printed in 2010; together with the printed title/illustrated plate list, signed and editioned '6/38' in ink, and the book, editioned '6/38' in white ink on the first page. Folio, grey cloth case with printed title, editioned '6/38' in white ink
image: the largest 29.8 by 20.2 cm (11¾ by 8 in.)
portfolio case: 33 by 39.3 cm (13 by 15½ in.)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
The plates are as follows:
1. Ai Wei Wei, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 1983
2. Mirror, 1987
3. In Front of Duchamp's work, Museum of Modern Art, 1987
4. Self-Portrait, East 3rd Street Apartment (undated)
5. Portrait of Artist in Times Square, 1987
6. Self-Portrait, 1987
7. Self-Portrait, 1986
8. Wang Keping + Ai Wei Wei, 1987
9. Lower East Side Restaurant (undated)
10. Backstage at the Met, 8th Street Subway Station, 1987
11. Portrait with Profile, 1989
12. Setting up Cards, Atlantic City, 1993