Ai Weiwei - Contemporary Art Day Sale New York Friday, May 16, 2014 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Galerie neugerriemschneider, Berlin
    Private Collection

  • Exhibited

    Kassel, Documenta 12, Fairytale, 2007, no. LR. 079 and no. LR. 080
    Paris, Galerie Torri, A few things that I know from them, October 24 - December 21, 2013 (another example exhibited)

  • Literature

    U. Meile, Ai Weiwei: Works 2004-2007, Lucerne: Galerie Urs Meile; Zurich: Distributed by Jrp/Ringier, 2007, p. 9 (another example illustrated)
    D. Horowitz, Ai Weiwei: According to what?, Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Tokyo: Mori Art Museum; Munich: DelMonico Books, 2012, p. 110 (installation illustrated)

156

Fairytale - 1001 Chairs

2007
Qing dynasty wooden chairs, in 2 parts
i) 44 3/8 x 26 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. (112.7 x 68.5 x 48 cm.)
ii) 39 1/4 x 24 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. (99.8 x 62.8 x 47 cm.)

Each signed in Chinese and stamped with a wax seal on the underside.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000 

Contact Specialist
Amanda Stoffel
Head of Day Sale
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Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York 16 May 2014 11am