Edmund De Waal
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Edmund De Waal

Ryōan-ji (for John Cage), VII

Details
Edmund De Waal
Ryoan-ji (for John Cage), VII
three porcelain vessels, two gilded porcelain tiles and two alabaster blocks in an aluminium box
overall: 17 ¾ x 17 ¾ x 7 7/8in. (45 x 45 x 20cm.)
Executed in 2017
Provenance
Donated by the artist.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

‘There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.’
– John Cage

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