Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors, Drawings and Prints
Monday, 22 November 2021, 06:00 pm
Lot 66
Ai Weiwei, 1957 (CN)
Fragment of the Cover of the Mueller Report, 2019
Lego bricks on Lego baseplate.
H 385 mm W 385 mm.
Verso on label typographically inscribed, dated and numbered in handwriting: Cahiers d'Art, 2019, 58/108. In typographically inscribed and in handwriting numbered original cardboard box: Ai Weiwei, Fragment of the Cover of the Mueller Report, Cahiers d'Art, No 58/108, unique.
| CHF | 25'000 / 30'000 |
| EUR | 23'000 / 28'000 |
| USD | 27'000 / 32'000 |
Hammer Price: CHF 20'000
Provenance:
Cahiers d'Art, Paris;
Swiss Private Property.
Exhibitions:
London, Lisson Gallery, 2019;
Paris, Cahiers d'Art, 06.10.2019 - 31.01.2020.
The present work is one fragment of the 108 fragments from the 462 x 346 cm tall artwork, consisting of thousands of Lego bricks «The Cover of the Mueller Report». It relates to the Mueller-Report, which documents the final output of an official investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.