© Phillips — view on Phillips website ↗$2,000 REWARD (Deluxe Wanted Poster), 2014
Photograph · Paper · ed. 38/40
Phillips · Apr 23, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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The Papercut Portfolio
Ai Weiwei (Chinese, b. 1957) · 2019
£16,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ $21,023≈ €17,742
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- Medium
- Oil · Works on paper all oil results →As published: “The complete set of eight papercuts, with title page, colophon and texts, the sheets loose (as issued), each papercut contained in an envelope, all contained in the original red clothbound clamshell portfolio”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in pencil · Ai Weiwei signature
- Category
- Other
- Dimensions
- all S. 60.1 x 60.1 cm (23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in.) portfolio 65 x 64.5 x 8 cm (25 5/8 x 25 3/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Evening & Day Editions (UK030220)
- Date
- September 10, 2020
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 41
- Estimate
- £10,000 – £15,000 (≈ $12,937 – $19,406) (≈ €10,918 – €16,377)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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