JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 2 November 2021 - 10:00 AM start
Guy Ngan (1926-2017), sculpture No.9 from the Habitation series 1975
Realised: $28,000 plus premium
Lot Details
aluminium on ebonised base, impressed '9 GUY NGAN 1975', 240 X 190 X 490mm. Provenance: From the estate of the artist. Exhibited: The Dowse, Guy Ngan: Habitation. 18th May - 15th September 2019. Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Guy Ngan: Habitation. 20th March - 1st July 2021. The Dowse notes: Guy Ngan: Habitation considers how notions of place and belonging influenced his expansive practice, which was grounded in his Chinese heritage, his home in Te Moana nui a Kiwa (the Pacific), and his studies across Aotearoa New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Italy.
