AI WEIWEI (B. 1957)
Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads - Horse
gilded bronze
29¹⁄₂ x 13 x 21⁵⁄₈in. (75 x 33 x 55cm.)
Executed in 2009, this work is number one from an edition of eight plus four artist's proofs

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

S. Delson, Ai Weiwei: Circle of animals, New York 2011, pp. 118-119.

New York, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Circle of Animals/ Zodiac Heads, 2011 (another example from the edition exhibited).
Montreal, Musee d’art Contemporain de Montreal, The Zoo Exhibition, 2012, pp. 68-77 and 218 (another example from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour).
San Diego, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Gold, 2012-2019 (another example from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour), This exhibition later travelled to East Hampton, LongHouse Reserve; Dallas, The Crow Collection of Asian Art; Oxfordshire, Blenheim Palace; Palm Springs, Palm Springs Museum of Art; Portland, Portland Art Museum; Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum; Tucson, Tucson Museum of Art; Reno, Nevada Museum of Art and Skovvej, Arken Museum of Modern Art.
Moscow, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Personal Choice: Collectors' Selections From Their Own Collections, 2014 (another example from the edition exhibited).
Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Ai Weiwei – Evidence, 2014 (another example from the edition exhibited and illustrated).
Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei, 2015-2016 (another example from the edition exhibited).

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