LOT DETAILS

Materials:

synthetic polymer paint on canvas (4)

Size Notes:

(overall)

Edition:

4 of 4

Markings:

(iv) signed and dated lower right: Guan Wei/ 1997; (i) signed, dated and inscribed on stretcher verso: 'Last Temptation' (1-4); GUAN WEI./ Acrylic on canvas. 127 x 214 cm [sic] 1997; each inscribed verso: S218 1/4 - 4/4

Exhibited:

Sir John Sulman Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1998. Guan Wei: Nesting, or the Art of Idleness 1989-1999 , Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 4 June - 9 August 1999.

Literature:

Cramer, S., Jose, N. & Javin, L., Guan Wei: Nesting, or the Art of Idleness 1989-1999 , Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 1999, pp.10, 20 (illus.). Cramer, S., 'Guan Wei: Storyteller,' in Volume One: MCA Collection , Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2012, p.450. Guan Wei is represented by Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney and Arc One Gallery, Melbourne.

Provenance:

Sherman Galleries, Sydney, 1998. Private collection, Sydney. Christie's, Sydney, 26 August 2001, lot 56. Private collection, Sydney. Deutscher + Hackett, Sydney, 17 November 2010, lot 75. Private collection, Sydney.