• Post-War and Contemporary Afte auction at Christies

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    13 November 2013

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    • Chen Zhen (1955-2000)
    Lot 584

    Chen Zhen (1955-2000)

    La Désinfection

    Price realised

    USD 62,500

    Estimate

    USD 60,000 - USD 80,000

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    Chen Zhen (1955-2000)
    La Désinfection
    stove plate warmer, metal steam boilers, bamboo steamers, two cameras radio, two pocket bibles, clock, remote control and calculator
    dimensions variable
    Executed in 1992. This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist.

    Provenance

    Acquired from the artist by the present owner

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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    Florence, Galleria Vivita, Objets illuminés la nuit, April-May 1992.
    Munich, Dany Keller Galerie, The Fire - Water as Purification, November-December 1993.


    Other information

    Saleroom Notice

    Please note that this work will be included in the first volume of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist and is exhibited in:
    Florence, Galleria Vivita, Objets illuminés la nuit, April-May 1992, and Munich, Dany Keller Galerie, The Fire - Water as Purification, November-December 1993.


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