Live Auction 23753Post-War to Present
Christie’s roundel
Lot 331 PROPERTY FROM A PRESTIGIOUS PRIVATE COLLECTION

NAM JUNE PAIK (1932-2006)

Early Bird with Hierographics

Closed20 June 2024

Estimate

USD 100,000–150,000

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NAM JUNE PAIK (1932-2006)
Early Bird with Hierographics
signed and dated 'Paik '96' (on a glass element)
neon, glass and steel
120 x 120 x 120 in. (304.8 x 304.8 x 304.8 cm.)
Executed in 1996.

Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1997

Specialist note

“Our life is half natural and half technological. Half-and-half is good.” (N. J. Paik quoted in D. C. McGill, “Art People,” The New York Times, 3 October 1986).