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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  1. Xu Bing, Landscript, 2004, Ink on Nepalese paperLandscriptRavenel · NT$12,600,000≈ $415,800≈ £265,263≈ €313,906Sign up to see
  2. Xu Bing, Reading Landscape Series, 2001, Ink on Nepalese paperReading Landscape SeriesRavenel · HK$1,560,000≈ $201,271≈ £134,091≈ €190,237Sign up to see
  3. Xu Bing, Read View (Landscript), 2001, Ink on Nepalese paperRead View (Landscript)Ravenel · NT$5,760,000≈ $192,096≈ £125,791≈ €147,698Sign up to see

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Xu Bing, Five Series of Repetition, 1987-1988, The complete set of 10 woodcuts, on Japan paper, with full margins
Five Series of Repetition, 1987-1988
Phillips · Oct 24, 2023
$57,150Sign up free to see
Xu Bing, 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 prints (set of 10)
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
Phillips · Nov 29, 2021
HK$378,000Sign up free to see
Xu Bing, "Lost Letters", 1997, Blei-Blind-Satzdruck auf Bütten
"Lost Letters", 1997
Van Ham · Jun 17, 2020
€3,273Sign up free to see
Xu Bing, Reading Landscape Series, 2001, Ink on Nepalese paper
Reading Landscape Series, 2001
Ravenel · Nov 29, 2015
HK$1,560,000Sign up free to see
Xu Bing, Cloud Shadows, 1988, Woodcut, edition no. 11/100
Cloud Shadows, 1988
Ravenel · Jun 2, 2013
NT$408,000Sign up free to see
Xu Bing, Read View (Landscript), 2001, Ink on Nepalese paper
Read View (Landscript), 2001
Ravenel · Jun 2, 2013
NT$5,760,000Sign up free to see
Xu Bing, From: „Five Series of Repetitions, 1987, 10 woodcuts, each on Japan laid paper
From: „Five Series of Repetitions, 1987
Grisebach · Nov 30, 2012
€100,040Sign up free to see
Xu Bing, Square Word: New English Calligraphy (An Introduction to Square Word Calligraphy), 1994-1996, Woodcut (printed books), edition no. 78/350
Square Word: New English Calligraphy (An Introduction to Square Word Calligraphy), 1994-1996
Ravenel · Dec 4, 2011
NT$192,000Sign up free to see
Xu Bing, Landscript, 2004, Ink on Nepalese paper
Landscript, 2004
Ravenel · Dec 5, 2010
NT$12,600,000Sign up free to see
Xu Bing, Make the Past Serve the Present, Make the Foreign Things Serve China (a pair), 2004, Ink on paper
Make the Past Serve the Present, Make the Foreign Things Serve China (a pair), 2004
Ravenel · May 31, 2010
HK$660,000Sign up free to see
Xu Bing, New English Calligraphy - Nursery Rhymes Five: Jack and Jill, 2003, Ink on paper
New English Calligraphy - Nursery Rhymes Five: Jack and Jill, 2003
Ravenel · Dec 6, 2009
NT$960,000Sign up free to see
Xu Bing, New English Calligraphy - Poem of Bei Dao (A pair), 2008, Ink on paper
New English Calligraphy - Poem of Bei Dao (A pair), 2008
Ravenel · Dec 6, 2009
NT$1,680,000Sign up free to see
Xu Bing, Square Word Calligraphy: Nursery Rhymes Four, Ink on paper
Square Word Calligraphy: Nursery Rhymes Four
Ravenel · Jun 4, 2006
NT$1,180,000Sign up free to see
Xu Bing, Poems of longfellow, 2007, from "Birds of Passage" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Source: London
Poems of longfellow, 2007
Pananti · Jul 19, 2019
Xu Bing, Poems of longfellow, 2007, from "Birds of Passage" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Source: London
Poems of longfellow, 2007
Pananti · Jun 14, 2019
Xu Bing, Series of Repetitions: A Great River, 1987, Woodblock print, edition no. 10/50
Series of Repetitions: A Great River, 1987
Ravenel · Dec 3, 2017
Xu Bing, Grassland, 1987, Woodcut, edition no. 11/50
Grassland, 1987
Ravenel · Jun 2, 2013
Xu Bing, An Analysed Reflection of the World: the Final Volume of the Century, 1990, Woodcut
An Analysed Reflection of the World: the Final Volume of the Century, 1990
Ravenel · Jun 2, 2013
Xu Bing, Chairman Mao Red Book, 2001, Mixed media sculpture (Chairman Mao red book encased in silkworm)
Chairman Mao Red Book, 2001
Ravenel · Jun 3, 2012
Xu Bing, An Analysed Reflection of the World: the Final Volume of the Century, 1987-1991, Lithograph, edition no. AP
An Analysed Reflection of the World: the Final Volume of the Century, 1987-1991
Ravenel · Jun 3, 2012

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