Ai Weiwei 2015 Notebook, Coloured Vases Cover, A5 with 80 Plain White Pages, New
Ai Weiwei 2015 Notebook, Coloured Vases Cover, A5 with 80 Plain White Pages, New
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History in Candy Colours
Ai Weiwei's painted vessels march across the cover, ancient forms in glossy modern colour. Inside, eighty blank pages wait for your own thoughts.
Best for: Ai Weiwei admirers, students and anyone who likes to write or sketch in something beautiful
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Described as new, opened once to check the contents. Not yet examined in hand.
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An A5 notebook by Ai Weiwei from 2015, its cover filled with ancient-looking vessels dipped in bright industrial paint, the image of the artist's Coloured Vases, with eighty blank white pages inside.
The Piece
Ai Weiwei, born in Beijing in 1957, has spent decades asking what we value and why. In his Coloured Vases he took vessels presented as Neolithic and Han dynasty pots and dipped them in glossy commercial paint, a gesture that is part vandalism, part homage and wholly unforgettable. Seen in a crowd on a gallery floor, the jars become a field of candy colour with history showing through.
This notebook carries that field on its cover. Rows of round pots in pink, yellow, cobalt, emerald, white and oxblood stand on a pale ground, some with drips and bare patches where the older surface shows. The softbound cover wraps eighty plain white pages, ready for sketches, notes or lists.
It is described as bought at a museum in the United Kingdom, new, and opened once only to check the contents. It is a production object, not a signed or numbered edition.
Details
- Artist: Ai Weiwei
- Object: Notebook, Coloured Vases cover
- Year: 2015
- Size: 14.5 x 21 cm (5.7 x 8.3 in), A5
- Pages: 80, plain white
- Binding: Softbound
- Edition: Not a numbered edition
- Signature: Unsigned
- Condition: New, opened once
Condition
- Described as new, opened once to check the contents.
- Pages unused.
Condition grade S (unused, as new) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Offered as the Ai Weiwei notebook the page describes; we present that as given. Keep flat and dry, away from direct sunlight to protect the cover colours.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan with acid-free tissue and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
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