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House of Cards: An Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture

26 May – 28 October 2012

Exhibition Information

Waddesdon Manor
Near Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP18 OJH
www.waddesdon.org.uk

Public View:

Wednesday – Sunday
Gardens: 10am – 5pm
House: 12pm – 4pm

For Christie’s Clients:

View sculpture by appointment only
Monday - Tuesday

Contacts

Lock Kresler
lkresler@christies.com
Tel: +44 (0)207 389 2253

In the News

Christie's Presents an Exhibition Where Sculpture Meets Painting
Robb Report, 6 June 2012

Waddesdon Sculptures
BBC Oxford, 1 June 2012

'House of Cards', Waddesdon Manor
Who's Jack, 7 June 2012

Taking Time: Paintings by Chardin
British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 1 June 2012

Jean-Siméon Chardin-inspired exhibition staged by Christie's
The Guardian, 24 May 2012

HOUSE OF CARDS – Christie's contemporary sculpture exhibition at Waddesdon Manor
The Art Collector, 25 May 2012

Urs Fischer (b. 1973)
Bad Timing, Lamb Chop!
Executed in 2004-05
177 1⁄8 x 90 1⁄2 x 129 7⁄8in.
(450 x 230 x 330cm.)
cast aluminium, polyurethane resin, enamel paint

Richard Serra (b. 1939)
House of Cards
Executed in 1969-78
54 3⁄8 x 54 3⁄8 x 54 3⁄8 in.
(138 x 138 x 138cm.)
steel, in four parts

Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin
Boy Building a House of Cards, 1735
oil on canvas

Tony Smith (1912-1980)
Moondog
Executed in 1964
205 1⁄8 x 188 5⁄8 x 163 3⁄8in. (521 x 479 x 415cm.)
painted aluminium

Joana Vasconcelos (b. 1971)
Pavillon de Thé
Executed in 2012
141 3⁄8 x 200 3⁄8 x 135 3⁄4in. (359 x 509 x 345cm.)
wrought iron, jasmine plants, soil

Jeff Koons (b. 1955)
Aqualung
Executed in 1985
27 x 17 x 17 in. (68.6 x 44.5 x 44.5cm.)
bronze

Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
Lullaby Winter
Executed in 2002
72 x 108 x 4in.
(182.9 x 274.3 x 10.2cm.)
glass, stainless steel, steel, aluminium, nickel, bismuth and cast resin, coloured plaster and painted pills with dry transfers

Damien Hirst (b.1965)
This Little Piggy Went to Market, This Little Piggy Stayed at Home
Executed in 1996
two tanks: each tank 47 1⁄4 x 82 3⁄4 x 23 5⁄8in.
(120 x 210 x 60cm.)
glass, pig, painted steel, acrylic, stainless steel, plastic, formaldehyde solution and painted steel with motorised base

Major sculptural works by the world’s leading contemporary artists including Richard Serra, Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley, Donald Judd, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Urs Fischer, Tony Smith and Joana Vasconcelos will be shown by Christie’s Private Sales from 26 May to 28 October 2012, in an original, curated exhibition of over 30 works inspired by Chardin’s Boy Building a House of Cards, 1735, in the grounds of Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, the home of the Rothschild Collection and one of the most visited of the National Trust properties.