Live Auction 16896Modern and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
CAI GUO-QIANG (B. 1957)
Lot 510 FROM A DISTINGUISHED NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTION

CAI GUO-QIANG (B. 1957)

Mountains and Rivers

Closed3 December 2020

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HKD 2,000,000

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CAI GUO-QIANG (B. 1957)
Mountains and Rivers
signed and titled in Chinese, signed, dated and titled ‘Mountains and Rivrs Cai Guo Qiang 2008’ (lower right)
gunpowder on paper mounted on board
139 x 230.5 cm. (54 3/4 x 90 3/4 in.)
Executed in 2008

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 2009
This work is accompanied with a DVD record of the creation process by the artist.

Specialist note

“[I wish to] travel in time, like the fengshui masters and alchemists of ancient times, from the very origins of mankind into the future; to move freely back and forth between the East and West, from micro to macro realms, and between global and local worlds.”
– Cai Guo-Qiang