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Ai Weiwei (b. 1957)
Fairytale
Details
Ai Weiwei (b. 1957)
Fairytale
each: titled in Chinese 'Fairytale' (on the underside)
Qing Dynasty wooden chair, in two parts
(i) 39 ½ x 19 5/8 x 15 ½in. (100.4 x 50 x 39.5cm.)
(ii) 39 1/8 x 22 x 17 3/8in. (99.5 x 56 x 44cm.)
Executed in 2007
Fairytale
each: titled in Chinese 'Fairytale' (on the underside)
Qing Dynasty wooden chair, in two parts
(i) 39 ½ x 19 5/8 x 15 ½in. (100.4 x 50 x 39.5cm.)
(ii) 39 1/8 x 22 x 17 3/8in. (99.5 x 56 x 44cm.)
Executed in 2007
Provenance
Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011.
Literature
K. Smith, H. U. Orbist and B. Fibicher, Ai Weiwei, London 2009 (another example illustrated in colour, pp. 39 and 40).
M. Siemons and A. Weiwei, Ai Weiwei, New York 2009, (another example illustrated in colour, p. 46).
L. Bovier, Ai Weiwei: Fairytale, a Reader, Zurich 2012 (another example illustrated, pp. 38-39).
M. Siemons and A. Weiwei, Ai Weiwei, New York 2009, (another example illustrated in colour, p. 46).
L. Bovier, Ai Weiwei: Fairytale, a Reader, Zurich 2012 (another example illustrated, pp. 38-39).
Exhibited
Kassel, Documenta 12, Fairytale, 2007, no. A11-002 and A11-004.
Paris, Galerie Torri, A few things that I know from them, Braco Dimitrijevic, Hamish Fulton, Ai WeiWei, Zhao Zhao, 2013 (another example exhibited).
Paris, Galerie Torri, A few things that I know from them, Braco Dimitrijevic, Hamish Fulton, Ai WeiWei, Zhao Zhao, 2013 (another example exhibited).
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