Yi Hwan Kwon

Lot 1477: YI HWAN KWON

Name: YI HWAN KWON
Brand: Christie's
SKU: c587bb545a

Est: $450,000 HKD - $500,000 HKD

Christie'sHong Kong, Hong KongMay 29, 2011

Item Overview

Description

YI HWAN KWON
(B. 1974)
Leon and Matilda
signed 'Yi Hwan Kwon' in English'; signed in Chinese; numbered '5/9' (lower back)
wood and FRP sculptures
76 x 74 x 159 cm. (29 7/8 x 29 1/8 x 62 5/8 in.)
edition 5/9
Executed in 2009

Artist or Maker

Yi Hwan Kwon

Exhibited

Seoul, Korea, CAIS Gallery, Shared Illusion, 24 June-17 July 2009. Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Arts Centre, The Pao Galleries, Scenes from Memory-Yi Hwan Kwon, 12-22 November 2009 (different edition exhibited).
Hong Kong, China, Times Square, Open Piazza and Atrium, In Between Imagination and Reality, 22 July-22 August 2010 (different edition exhibited).
New York, USA, Gana Art Gallery, From the Movies, 9 September-9 October 2010 (different edition exhibited).

Literature

CAIS Gallery, Shared Illusion, exh. cat., Seoul, Korea, 2009 (different edition illustrated, p. 17 & pp. 19-21).
Seoul Auction Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong Arts Centre, The Pao Galleries, Scenes from Memory-Yi Hwan Kwon, exh. cat., Hong Kong, 2009 (different edition illustrated, pp. 9, 36 & 37).

Provenance

Private Collection, Asia

Notes

Auction Details

Asian Contemporary Art (Day Sale)

Christie's

May 29, 2011, 12:00 AM ChST

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

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