Sui Jianguo - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale New York Thursday, November 17, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection
    Sotheby's, Hong Kong, April 2, 2012, lot 878
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Shanghai Biennale, November 22, 2002 - January 20, 2003, p. 1118 (another example exhibited and illustrated, titled as Study on the Folding of Clothes)
    San Francisco, Asian Art Museum, Sui Jianguo: The Sleep of Reason, January 14 - April 24, 2005, pp. 13, 27, 84-87 (another example exhibited and illustrated)

  • Literature

    Britta Erickson, On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, 2005, fig. 103 and 104, pp. 100-101 (another example illustrated, titled as Study on the Folding of Clothes)

210

Dying Slave

incised with the artist's name and number "T 4-6 SUI J G" on the reverse
painted bronze
93 x 35 x 23 in. (236.2 x 88.9 x 58.4 cm.)
Executed in 1998, this work is number 4 from an edition of 6.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000 

Sold for $37,500

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York Auction 17 November 2016