Xu Bing

Chinese · b. 1955 · Painter, Printmaker

Xu Bing is a Chinese artist who served as vice-president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is known for his printmaking skills and installation art, as well as his… (Wikipedia)

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20auction results2006–2023years recorded65%sold (13)$52.2kSign up free to seemedian price

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LandscriptRavenel · Dec 2010NT$12,600,000≈ $415,800≈ £265,263≈ €313,906Sign up to see
Reading Landscape SeriesRavenel · Nov 2015HK$1,560,000≈ $201,271≈ £134,091≈ €190,237Sign up to see
Read View (Landscript)Ravenel · Jun 2013NT$5,760,000≈ $192,096≈ £125,791≈ €147,698Sign up to see

Xu Bing’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

ArtSell has recorded 20 auction results for Xu Bing between 2006 and 2023, of which 13 sold (65%). Recorded sale prices range from $3.7kSign up free to see to $416kSign up free to see. The highest price recorded is $416kSign up free to see for Landscript at Ravenel in December 2010. The most common medium is woodcuts & linocuts (8 lots). Most results come from Ravenel (14), Pananti (2) and Phillips (2).

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Five Series of Repetition, 1987-1988
Woodcut / linocut · Paper · ed. 31/50
all I. approx. 21 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. (54.6 x 72.4 cm) all S. approx. 26 x 35 5/8 in. (66 x 90.5 cm)
Phillips · Oct 24, 2023 · Lot 135
$57,150≈ £46,779≈ €53,753Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $30,000–50,000View at Phillips ↗
Five Series of Repetition: (i) Haystack Reflection; (ii) Black Pool; (iii) Withered Pool; (iv) Pool of Life; (v) Black Tadpoles; (vi) Field; (vii) Big River; (viii) Moving Cloud; (ix) Farmland; (x) Mountain Place, 1987
Woodcut / linocut · ed. 28/50
each 47.5 x 71.6 cm. (18 3/4 x 28 in.)
Phillips · Nov 29, 2021 · Lot 181
HK$378,000≈ $48,463≈ £36,354≈ €42,979Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. HK$300,000–500,000View at Phillips ↗
"Lost Letters", 1997
Blei-Blind-Satzdruck auf Bütten · Paper · ed. 32/90
16,5 x 58,5cm
Van Ham · Jun 17, 2020 · Lot 984
€3,273≈ $3,676≈ £2,928Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €1,800–View at Van Ham ↗
Reading Landscape Series, 2001
Drawing · Paper
102 x 176.5 cm
Ravenel · Nov 29, 2015 · Lot 57
HK$1,560,000≈ $201,271≈ £134,091≈ €190,237Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. HK$1,300,000–1,700,000View at Ravenel ↗
Cloud Shadows, 1988
Woodcut / linocut · ed. 11/100
53 x 73 cm (image)<br />56 x 76 cm (paper)<br />
Ravenel · Jun 2, 2013 · Lot 703
NT$408,000≈ $13,607≈ £8,910≈ €10,462Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. NT$400,000–600,000View at Ravenel ↗
Read View (Landscript), 2001
Drawing · Paper
100 x 174 cm
Ravenel · Jun 2, 2013 · Lot 726
NT$5,760,000≈ $192,096≈ £125,791≈ €147,698Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. NT$4,200,000–6,500,000View at Ravenel ↗
From: „Five Series of Repetitions, 1987
Woodcut / linocut · Paper
52,5 × 73,5 cm
Grisebach · Nov 30, 2012 · Lot 916
€100,040≈ $129,912≈ £81,114Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €70,000–90,000View at Grisebach ↗
Square Word: New English Calligraphy (An Introduction to Square Word Calligraphy), 1994-1996
Woodcut / linocut · ed. 78/350
41.5 x 27.5 cm
Ravenel · Dec 4, 2011 · Lot 201
NT$192,000≈ $6,367≈ £4,070≈ €4,712Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. NT$140,000–260,000View at Ravenel ↗
Landscript, 2004
Drawing · Paper
150 x 300 cm
Ravenel · Dec 5, 2010 · Lot 185
NT$12,600,000≈ $415,800≈ £265,263≈ €313,906Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. NT$6,000,000–8,000,000View at Ravenel ↗
Make the Past Serve the Present, Make the Foreign Things Serve China (a pair), 2004
Drawing · Paper
135 x 34.5 cm (x2)
Ravenel · May 31, 2010 · Lot 45
HK$660,000≈ $84,691≈ £58,400≈ €68,815Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. HK$350,000–550,000View at Ravenel ↗

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Xu Bing: quick facts

What is the highest price paid for a work by Xu Bing at auction?

$415,800Sign up free to see, for Landscript at Ravenel (December 2010) — the highest price in ArtSell’s records.

What is a typical auction price for Xu Bing?

The median sale price is $52.2kSign up free to see across 13 priced sales. Prices vary by medium, size and date — see the price chart & statistics.

How many works by Xu Bing have sold at auction?

13 of 20 recorded lots sold between 2006 and 2023.

Which auction houses sell Xu Bing?

Ravenel, Pananti and Phillips account for the most recorded results. Ravenel · Pananti · Phillips

About Xu Bing

Xu Bing is a Chinese artist who served as vice-president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is known for his printmaking skills and installation art, as well as his creative artistic use of language, words, and text and how they have affected our understanding of the world. He is an A.D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. He was awarded the MacArthur Fellows Program in 1999 and the Fukuoka Prize in 2003. Xu moved to the United States in 1990 following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, residing there until 2008. His large installation pieces include A Book from the Sky and Ghosts Pounding the Wall.

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