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Lot 263: Human Brick, 2005

Est: $60,000 USD - $80,000 USD
PhillipsNew York, NY, USMay 15, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Human Brick , 2005
Cut paper on matboard and paper bound with silk thread and acrylic glass.   Wall hanging: 39 1/2 x 59 in. (100.3 x 149.9 cm); brick: 6 x 11 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (15.2 x 29.8 x 12.1 cm).  Signed and dated "Lu Shengzhong [in Chinese] 2005" lower right of the wall hanging element.

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

 New York, Chambers Fine Art, Lu Shengzhong's The Book of Humanity, November 6, 2004 - January 8, 2005  (another example from the series exhibited); Newark, The Newark Museum, The Quiet Gesture: Recent Chinese Art, June 13 - September 7, 2007 (another example from the series exhibited)

Literature

 C. Mao, ed., Lu Shengzhong's The Book of Humanity, New York, 2004, pp. 90-91 (another example from the series illustrated)

Provenance

 Chambers Fine Art, New York

Auction Details

Contemporary Art Part II

by
Phillips
May 15, 2009, 12:00 AM EST

450 West 15 Street, New York, NY, 10011, US