 r. Howard Farber started acquiring Chinese contemporary art more than a decade ago. Now, Mr. Farber, 65, is putting part of his collection up for sale -- at a Phillips de Pury auction on October 13, 2007. Among the 44 works Mr. Farber and his wife Patricia have put up for auction, are paintings and other pieces created by Wang Guangyi, Zhang Xiaogang, Xu Bing, Huang Yongping, Gu Wenda, Zhang Peili, Yue Minjun, Cai Guoqiang, Fang Lijun, Chen Zhen, Ai Weiwei, Wang Qingsong, Geng Jianyi, Yang Shaobin, Zheng Guogu and other early works by top artists. Below are some of the images:
WANG GUANGYI, Great Criticism–Warhol, 2002,Oil and acrylic on canvas,40 x 50.2 cm
CHEN ZHEN, Un Village Sans Frontières (A Village Without Borders), 2000,Wooden chair and candles，59.1 x 33 x 35.6 cm
FANG LIJUN, Oil Painting II, 1988, Oil on canvas, 47 x 60.6 cm
YUE MINJUN, Terracotta Warriors No. 6, 2006,Bronze (in two parts), 287.7 x 61 x 45.7 cm
CAI GUOQIANG, Skybound UFO and Shrine, 2002, Gunpowder on paper, 259.1 x 339.1 cm
AI WEIWEI, Slanted Table, 1997, carved wooden table, 85.1 x 135.3 x 135.3 cm
ZHANG XIAOGANG , Bloodline Series, 2005, Oil on canvas, 199.4 x 260.4 cm
XU BING, Book from the Sky, 1987 – 1991, Four hand-made books of paper and ink and one wooden case
Box: 49.2 x 9.5 x 33.3 cm Book: 45.7 x 9.5 x 1.9 cm each
WANG GUANGYI, Mao AO, 1988, Oil on canvas in three parts, 176.5 x 356.2 cm
MA YUNFEI, Zhuang Hui: Look Out! Don't Move, 1998, Acrylic on canvas, 134.6×184.2 cm
LIU WEI, No Smoking, 1999, Oil and graphite on canvas, 187.3 x 249.6 cm
GU WENDA, Mythos of Lost Dynasties G8, 1998, Ink on paper, 281.3 x 170.8 cm
GENG JIANYI, The Second State: Big Red Double Happiness, 1987, Oil on canvas,148.6 x 199.1 cm
ZHANG PEILI , Continuous Reproduction 25 Times, 1993, 25 black and white photographs, 30.5 x 25.4 cm each
YANG SHAOBIN, Untitled (Head No.10), 1997 – 1998, Oil on canvas, 229.9 x 180.3 cm
ZENG FANZHI, Xiehe Hospital Series Triptych, 1992, oil on canvas, 179.1 x 465.1 cm
WANG QINGSONG, Can I Cooperate with You?, 2000, Color photograph, 66 x 109.2 cm
ZHANG HONGTU, Long Live Chairman Mao Series, #29, 1989, Acrylic and Quaker oats box, 24.4 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm
Ma Yunfei, Zhuang Hui: Look Out! Don't Move, 1998，Oil on Canvas, 134.6×184.2cm
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