Zhang Huan (B. 1965), Skin. photo courtesy Christie's Ltd 2011

signed, numbered and dated in Chinese and in English 'Zhang Huan 1997 18/25' (on a paper lable affixed to the reverse of each panel), colour coupler print, in twenty parts, each: 16 x 20in. (40.6 x 50.8cm.). Executed in 1997, this work is number eighteen from an edition of twenty-five. Estimate £25,000 - £35,000. Price Realized £49,250

Provenance: Friedman Benda Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature: Xunta de Galicia and Cotthen Gallery (ed.), Zhang Huan: A Pilgrim in Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, 2001 (illustration pp. 156 and 157).
Zhang Huan, exh. cat., Hamburg, Kunstverein, 2002-2003 (another from the edition illustrated, pp. 62-65).
Zhang Huan, exh. cat., Berlin, Galerie Volker Diehl, 2006 (another from the edition illustrated, pp. 8 and 9).

Christie's. Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction, 17 February 2011, London, King Street www.christies.com