Lot 296
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XU BING (B. 1955)
XU BING (B. 1955)
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XU BING (B. 1955)

Book from the Sky

Price realised HKD 800,000
Estimate
HKD 400,000 – HKD 600,000
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XU BING (B. 1955)

Book from the Sky

Price realised HKD 800,000
Price realised HKD 800,000
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XU BING (B. 1955)
Book from the Sky
signed ‘Xu Bing’ and signed in Chinese (on the first page of the first book); numbered ‘71/100’ and inscribed respectively (first page of each book)
woodblock print in a set 4 books, with original box
each book: 45.5 x 40 cm. (17 7/8 x 15 3/4 in.) (4)
box: 49 x 33.6 x 9.5 cm. (19 1/4 x 13 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Executed in 1991
edition 71/100
Provenance
Private Collection, New York, USA
Anon. Sale, Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 May 2013, lot 116
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Chinese Century, Paris-Pekin, Paris, France, 2002 (another edition illustrated, p. 217).
Exhibited
Beijing, China, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, 85' New Wave: The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art Movement, 5 November 2007-17 February 2008 (another edition exhibited).

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