Live Auction 16936Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
Edmund De Waal
Lot 288 ARTISTS FIRST: PROPERTY SOLD TO BENEFIT THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

Edmund De Waal

Ryōan-ji (for John Cage), VII

Closed7 March 2019

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GBP 37,500

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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

Donated by the artist.

Specialist note

‘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