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Offset lithograph on Arco wove paper Published by Imperial War museum, London. Edition size 1000 Signed certificate of authenticity. 50 x 70 cm. Ai Weiwei’s themes of social urgency and his attempt to address critical global conditions, namely political conflict & war, are brilliantly illustrated in History of Bombs. In 2020 the Imperial War Museum (IWM) in London, approached Ai Weiwei to do a site-specific work on the theme of refugees. The result was a rendering of 50 life-size images of bombs, which covered the floor of the atrium & exterior of the staircase within the museum. Visitors were invited to walk across and explore the artwork up close. At a time when the world is quaking from a natural pandemic, Ai Weiwei reminds us of our mind-boggling capacity to obliterate ourselves. These bombs all appear terribly beautiful, yet History of Bombs delivers what it promises – a history of the clever ways we kill one another. -
Oil on canvas Signed & dated on reverse 35 x 30 cm Provenance: private collection, purchased directly from artist -
Screenprint on Arjomari paper. Published by Pace Editions, New York. Initialled, dated & numbered, edition 25/70. 79 x 71 cm. Reference: Sophie Webel, vol II, 1171. Provenance: Dennis Hotz Fine Art, JHB. Note: Work in UK 1983 House & Garden, when owners home photographed. -
Laser-cut mild steel & found rock. Height without plinth: 20 cm -
Acrylic on canvas. Signed, dated & titled on reverse. 75 x 150 cm. -
Acrylic & wooden strips on canvas. Signed & dated on reverse. 153 x 127,5 cm. Reference : Illustrated on pg. 129, Trevor Coleman Abstraction 1960-1977 SMAC. -
Oil on canvas. Signed, dated & titled on reverse. 35 x 54 cm. (professionally cleaned) -
Acrylic on shaped canvas. Signed, dated & titled on reverse. 42 x 36 cm. (professionally cleaned) -
Oil on canvas. Signed, dated & titled on reverse. 50 x 51 cm. (professionally cleaned) -
Oil on canvas. Signed, dated & titled on reverse. 36 x 28 cm. (professionally cleaned) -
Oil on canvas. Signed, dated & titled on reverse. 36 x 28 cm. (professionally cleaned) -
Oil on canvas. Signed, dated & titled on reverse. 30,5 x 25,5 cm. (professionally cleaned) -
Silkcreen on paper, edition 19/25. Signed, dated & numbered in pencil. 38,5 x 38,5 cm. Reference: Trevor Coleman Abstraction 1960-1977 SMAC, illustrated p.59 -
Silkcreen on paper, edition 8/10. Signed, dated & numbered in pencil. 42,5 x 42,5 cm . -
Silkcreen on paper, edition 2/11. Signed, dated & numbered in pencil. 43 x 43 cm. Reference: Trevor Coleman Abstraction 1960-1977 SMAC, illustrated p.58 -
Silkcreen on paper, edition 11/25. Signed, dated & numbered in pencil. 40,5 x 40,5 cm. Reference: Trevor Coleman Abstraction 1960-1977 SMAC, illustrated p.59 -
Silkcreen on paper, edition 7/25. Signed, dated & numbered in pencil. 40 x 40 cm. -
Silkcreen on paper, edition 1/5. Signed, dated & numbered in pencil. 54 x 34,5 cm. -
Silkcreen on paper, edition 19/27. Signed, dated & numbered in pencil. 40,5 x 34,5 cm. Reference: Trevor Coleman Abstraction 1960-1977 SMAC, illustrated p.56 -
Silkscreen, Kelpra Studios, London. Artist Proof XI/XX (edition size 70). Signed, dated & numbered in pencil. 40,5 x 40,5 cm. -
Silkscreen, Kelpra Studios, London. Artist Proof XX/XX (edition size 70). Signed, dated & numbered in pencil. 40,5 x 40,5 cm. -
Bronze edition. 39,5 x 23 x 21 cm. -
Patinated bronze & stainless steel, edition no. 2/6. 73 x 43 x 38 cm. Note : This work is No.2 in the edition of six. In this case, the edition was not marked or signed. However this work was actually the one illustrated in the Pangolin catalogue and the finial was finalised after the photo was taken. There are no smaller versions of Maypole but it is similar to two earlier works; one smaller and one much larger: Bronze Full Moon 1987; and Sunrise 1987, which is a unique work at the Utsukushi-ga-hara, Open Air Museum, Tokyo. Both these works can be distinguished from Maypole as they have an elliptical metal disc set on the surface of the circular element. (Maypole is not featured in William Pye, his work and his words, Brown&Brown, 2010, but Sunrise is, see p.128.)
Jeremy Stephen Antiques
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