Lot 672: QIU ZHIJIE | Constellation - Night of September 16 (set of five)

each framed

each 146 by 112 cm; 57½ by 44 in. 

C-print mounted on board

These works are in good conditions with occasional surface abrasions visible under raking light. There are minor wear in handling around the corners and edges. Please note that they were not examined out of their frames.
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Netherlands, Amsterdam, Christie's non-selling exhibition; Amstelveen, Canvas International Art; Amsterdam, Artesia; Den Bosch, Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental Art; Utrecht, Mees Pierson Private Banking Office; Heerlen, DSM Head Office; France, Bordeaux, Chateau Palmer, East Asia Fine Arts Collections, 2007, 2008, 2013 (exhibition titles variable)
Netherlands, Rotterdam, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Dai Hanzhi: 5000 Artists, 2014

A Strange Heaven: Contemporary Chinese Photography, Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong, China, 2003, cover & p. 97
Qiu Zhijie, Gao Songyin ed.,  Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House, China, 2007, pp. 72-76

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner