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The Artist's Hand
Ai Weiwei (Chinese, b. 1957) · 2017
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$6,875 price realized incl. premium
≈ £5,298≈ €5,933
Hammer $5,500 · with buyer’s premium $6,875
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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
- Art + Design (auctions/2018/07/art-design)
- Date
- July 19, 2018
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 207
- Estimate
- $1,500 (≈ £1,156) (≈ €1,294)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 29, 2026
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