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
$3,810 price realized incl. premium
≈ £2,844≈ €3,290
Hammer $3,000 · with buyer’s premium $3,810
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture 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
- 20|21 Art: The Chicago Edition (auctions/2025/07/2021-art-the-chicago-edition)
- Date
- July 17, 2025
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 241
- Estimate
- $4,000 – — (≈ £2,986) (≈ €3,455)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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