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Mask Series 1996 No. 6
Painted in 1996 oil on canvas each: 199 x 179.3 cm. (78 1/4 x 70 1/2 in.) overall: 199 x 358.6 cm. (78 1/4 x 141 1/4 in.) signed in Chinese; dated '96' (lower left) Provenance ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China Private Collection, acquired from the above gallery in 1998 Christie's Hong Kong, 24 May 2008, Lot 156 Acquired from the above sale by the present owner Exhibited China, Beijing, Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Art's, Zeng Fanzhi 1993-1998, 28 March, 1998. China, Shanghai, ShanghART Gallery, Zeng Fanzhi 1993-1998, 17-25 April, 1998. France, Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Zeng Fanzhi 18 October, 2013-16 February, 2014. China, Beijing, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Zeng Fanzhi Parcours, 19 September-19 November, 2016. Literature The First Academic Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Ning Nan Arts Publishing Co., Guangzhou, China, 1996 (illustrated, plate 1, p. 76). Zeng Fanzhi 1993-1998, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China, 1998 (illustrated, p. 50). I/We: The Painting of Zeng Fanzhi 1991-2003, Hubei Fine Arts Publishing House, Wuhan, China, 2003 (illustrated, pp. 110-111). A History of Art in Twentieth-Century China (Revised Edition), Peking University Press, Beijing, China, 2009 (illustrated, p. 1025). Zeng Fanzhi Every Mark Its Mask, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, Germany, 2010 (illustrated, pp. 60-61). New China, New Arts: Interviews with Contemporary Chinese Artists, Artist Publishing Co., Taipei, Taiwan, 2010 (illustrated, pp. 106-107). Thirty Years of Adventures, Timezone 8, Beijing, China, 2010 (illustrated, p. 397). Zeng Fanzhi Parcours, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing, China, 2016 (illustrated, p. 83).