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Lot 585: WANG QINGSONG (Chinese, B. 1966)

Est: $150,000 HKD - $200,000 HKDSold:
Christie'sHong Kong, Hong KongNovember 25, 2012

Item Overview

Description

WANG QINGSONG (Chinese, B. 1966)
Past, Present, Future
signed in Chinese with seal; signed 'Wang Qingsong' in Pinyin; dated '2001'; and numbered '1/30' (lower right of each)
chromogenic print, triptych
middle: 73.6 x 90.1 cm. (29 x 35 1/2 in.); left and right: 73.9 x 119.6 cm. (29 1/8 x 47 1/8 in.)
edition 1/30
Executed in 2001 (3)

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Beijing, China, Courtyard Gallery, Romantique: Wang Qingsong, 2004 (different edition exhibited).
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China (traveling exhibition), New York, USA, International Center of Photography (2004); Chicago, USA, David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art (2005); Seattle, USA, Seattle Art Museum (2005); London, UK, Victoria & Albert Museum (2006); Berlin, Germany, Haus der Kulturen der Welt (2006); Santa Barbara, USA, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (2006) (different edition exhibited).
Canberra, Australia, National Portrait Gallery, Go Figure: Contemporary Chinese Portraiture, 13 September 2012-17 February 2013 (different edition exhibited).

Literature

Center Pompidou, Alors, la Chine?, Paris, France, 2003 (different edition illustrated, pp. 275-276).
Marella Arte Contemporanea, Out of the Red: The New Emerging Generation of Chinese Photographers, Milan, Italy, 2003 (different edition illustrated, pp. 186-189).
Courtyard Gallery, Romantique: Wang Qingsong, Beijing, China, 2004 (different edition illustrated, p. 25).
Human Fine Arts Publishing House, Chinese Avant-Garde Photography Since 1990, Hunan, China, 2004 (different edition illustrated, p. 239).
Victoria & Albert Museum, Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, exh. cat., London, UK, 2004-2006 (different edition illustrated, plate 27, p. 76).
Kunstmuseum Bern/Hamburger Kunsthalle, Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, exh. cat., Bern, Switzerland, 2005 (different edition illustrated, pp. 112-113).
Albion Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art Ltd., Wang Qingsong, London, UK, 2006 (different edition illustrated, pp. 54-55).
Chinablue Gallery, Sanguine Splendour: Wang Qingsong, Beijing, China, 2007 (different edition illustrated, pp. 138-139).
Shanghai Sanya Culture, Communication & Exhibition Co., Ltd., Narrator of China's Contemporary Life: Wang Qingsong, Shanghai, China, 2007 (different edition illustrated, pp. 144-149).

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Private Collection, Miami, USA

Auction Details

Asian Contemporary Art (Day Sale)

by
Christie's
November 25, 2012, 02:30 PM ChST

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