Wael Shawky Sold at Auction Prices

Untitled (for Parkett 95)

SHAWKY, WAEL 1971 Alexandria/Ägypten Title: Untitled (for Parkett 95). Date: 2014. Technique: Portfolio with 1 drawing and 12 colour silkscreens on vellum. Depiction Size: Drawing: 30 x 23cm, each silkscreen: 21 x 29,5cm. Notation: Signed and numbered on enclosed colophon. Publisher: Parkett-Verlag, Zurich (publisher). Number: 6/12. Condition: Sheets and portfolio in very good condition. From the edition of in the colophon 35 Arabic- and 25 Roman-numbered copies. Only the first copies numbered 1-12 contain the drawing. With enclosed colophon. With Parkett magazine. "In Shawky's videos, history is shown at once as narrative describing the actions of real men with real interests and passions and as a stage on which these men hang from strings operated by fate. It is, actually, a very contemporary view of history that in recent times has manifested its miraculous and fateful dimensions." Boris Groys, Parkett no. 95, 2014. Article on the work and artist from Parkett edition no. 95. Explanations to the Catalogue

Marionette and vitrine with stand, from the Cabaret Crusades trilogy

PART OF THE MAYA RASAMNY COLLECTION, LONDON Wael Shawky (b. 1971) Marionette and vitrine with stand, from the Cabaret Crusades trilogy clay, fabric, enamel, metal wire and thread; together with glass vitrine; together with a custom display stand with light fixture the marionette: 33 cm.13 in. the stand: 202 by 55 by 55 cm. 80 by 21½by 21½in. Executed in 2010-13. 

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