Zhou Tiehai

Lot 632: ZHOU TIEHAI

Name: ZHOU TIEHAI
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: efc7658e0a

Est: $220,000 HKD - $280,000 HKDSold:

Sotheby'sHong Kong, ChinaOctober 04, 2010

Item Overview

Description

ZHOU TIEHAI B. 1966 THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON signed in Pinyin and dated 2005 on the reverse acrylic airbrushed on canvas 240 by 190 cm.; 94 1/2 by 74 3/4 in.

Artist or Maker

Zhou Tiehai

Provenance

Shanghart Gallery, Shanghai
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Notes

"Lately, Zhou Tiehai, has extended his legendary narrative of Mr. Camel's to a more focused field of iconic works of the global art market. He recycles the images of some of the most famous and expensive modern and contemporary works, which have often obtained great successes in the auction market, to construct his own versions of successful stories. He replaces the heads of the trademark personalities by superstar artists, such as Jeff Koons and Picasso, with the portrait of Mr. Camel. The result is incredibly funny but irrelevant. They are clearly ironic. In the meantime, one can always sense a kind of self-mockery."

Hou Hanru, art critic

Auction Details

Property From an Important European Collection

Sotheby's

October 04, 2010, 12:00 PM ChST

5/F One Pacific Place, Hong Kong, Admiralty, -, CN

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