Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 16 March 2015

Important South African and International Art Evening Sale

Sold for

ZAR 34 104
Lot 652
  • Wang Guangyi; Great Criticism: Coca Cola


Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 34 104

About this Item

Chinese 1957-
Great Criticism: Coca Cola

signed and numbered 118/199 in pencil in the margin

colour lithograph
78,5 by 74,5cm excluding frame

Literature

Terry Smith (2011) Contemporary Art: World Currents, London: Laurence King Publishing. Pages 158-159 and illustrated in colour on page 2.

"Political Pop" was instituted by Wang Guangyi's Great Criticism series, in which propaganda posters form the Cultural Revolution are scattered with the logos and brand names of the international companies then entering China as it gave itself over to consumerism.

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