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- Estimate
- HK$300,000–HK$400,000 hammer ≈ $38,671–$51,562
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Asian Art, Hong Kong · 6 April 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4250850
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Xu Bing, Softening the Brush. Sotheby's, 6 Apr 2014, lot 937. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4250850.
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Xu Bing, Softening the Brush. Sotheby's, 6 Apr 2014, lot 937. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4250850.
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From the same sale Contemporary Asian Art · Apr 2014
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Wang Jinsong | HK$300,000–HK$400,000 | |
| Floraison | Toshimitsu Imai | HK$300,000–HK$500,000 | |
| Untitled | Zeng Fanzhi | HK$120,000–HK$150,000 | |
| Self- Portrait : White Marilyn 2 | Yasumasa Morimura | HK$150,000–HK$250,000 | |
| A Man with Calligraphy Brush | Wang Guangyi | HK$250,000–HK$350,000 | |
| Stray Dog | Daido Moriyama | HK$60,000–HK$100,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xu Bing | Seal Project | $80,630 | Christie's, Dec 2020 | |
| Xu Bing | Book from the Sky | Christie's, May 2021 | ||
| Xu Bing | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, May 2026 | ||
| Xu Bing | new english calligraphy: quotations from chairman mao: talk | Sotheby's, Mar 2008 | ||
| Xu Bing | Five Series of Repetition | Phillips, Oct 2023 | ||
| Xu Bing | Xu Bing | Christie's, Dec 2008 | ||
| Xu Bing | new english calligraphy: song of myself - poem by walt whitm | Sotheby's, Apr 2013 | ||
| Xu Bing | Five Series of Repetition: (i) Haystack Reflection; (ii) Bla | Phillips, Nov 2021 |
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