Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Artist's Hand, 2017
Sculpture
Phillips · Sep 21, 2026$3,870 ≈ £2,889 ≈ €3,368Sign up free to see price
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The Artist's Hand
Ai Weiwei (Chinese, b. 1957) · 2017
$5,313 price realized incl. premium
≈ £4,120≈ €4,654
Hammer $4,250 · with buyer’s premium $5,313
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- Medium
- Other · Other all other results →As published: “polished aluminum”
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 5 h x 3¾ w x 4½ d in (13 x 10 x 11 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Design including Post War + Contemporary Art (auctions/2018/10/design-including-post-war-contemporary-art)
- Date
- October 25, 2018
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 185
- Estimate
- $1,500 – — (≈ £1,163) (≈ €1,314)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 29, 2026
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