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Lot 1037: WANG QINGSONG

Est: $500,000 HKD - $700,000 HKDSold:
Christie'sHong Kong, Hong KongNovember 26, 2011

Item Overview

Description

WANG QINGSONG
(Chinese, B. 1966)
Night Revels of Lao Li
numbered and dated '8/9 2000. 2000.'; signed in Chinese; signed 'Wang Qingsong' in Pinyin (lower right)
chromogenic print
sheet size: 57.8 x 411.2 cm. (22 3/4 x 161 7/8 in.)
image size: 50.1 x 397.7 cm. (19 3/4 x 156 1/2 in.)
edition 8/9
Executed in 2000
two seals of the artist

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Paris, France, Espace Cardin, Paris-Pekin, 5-28 October 2002.
Lisbon, Portugal, Galleries 1 and 2, Contemporary Chinese Art: Subversion and Poetry, 15 January-30 March 2003.
Shanghai, China, BizArt Shanghai Biennale, Portraits, Figures, Couples and Groups: From the Collection of the Modern Chinese Art Foundation, 8 November-3 December 2000.

Literature

Modern Chinese Art Foundation, Portraits, Figures, Couples and Groups, Gent, Belgium, 2001 (different edition illustrated, p. 76).
Chinese Century, Paris-Pekin, Paris, France, 2002 (different edition illustrated, pp. 194-195).
Museu de Arte Brasileira - MAB Salao Cultural, China Contemporary Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2002 (different edition illustrated, pp. 182-183).
Culturgest, Contemporary Chinese Art: Subversion and Poetry, Lisbon, Portugal, 2003 (different edition illustrated, p. 67).
Asia Art Archive, A Strange Heaven: Contemporary Chinese Photography, Hong Kong, China, 2003 (different edition illustrated, pp. 118-119).
Skira, Modernit?s Chinoises, Paris, France, 2003 (different edition illustrated, pp. 52-53).
Smart Museum of Art University of Chicago/International Center of Photography/Steidl Publishers, Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, Chicago, USA, 2004 (different edition illustrated, p. 135).
Albion/Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art Ltd., Wang Qingsong, London, UK, 2006 (different edition illustrated, p. 38).
Prestel Publishing, New China New Art, Munich, London & New York, 2008 (illustrated, pp. 158-159).
Queensland Art Gallery, The China Project, Queensland, Australia, 2009 (different edition illustrated, p. 176).

Provenance

Collection of Jean-Marc Decrop
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Notes

Faces of New China: An Important Private Collection

WANG QINGSONG
(Chinese, B. 1966)
Night Revels of Lao Li
numbered and dated '8/9 2000. 2000.'; signed in Chinese; signed 'Wang Qingsong' in Pinyin (lower right)
chromogenic print
sheet size: 57.8 x 411.2 cm. (22 3/4 x 161 7/8 in.)
image size: 50.1 x 397.7 cm. (19 3/4 x 156 1/2 in.)
edition 8/9
Executed in 2000
two seals of the artist

Auction Details

Faces of New China: An Important Private Collection (Evening Sale)

by
Christie's
November 26, 2011, 12:00 AM ChST

2203-8 Alexandra House 16-20 Chater Road, Hong Kong, HK