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Edmund de Waal?british
the poem as act, V
2013
Signed
Porcelain bowl in
celadon glaze with
gilding on a red
aluminium ‘L’ bracket
15.5 x 8 x 8 cm
Guide Price £6,000

Edmund was born in 1964. He studied English
at Cambridge University and ceramics in both
England and Japan. He is best known for his
large scale installations, which have been
exhibited in many museums around the world.
Much of de Waal’s work has been concerned with
ideas of collecting and collections, how objects
are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed.
His work comes out of a dialogue between
minimalism, architecture and sounds, and is
informed by his passion for literature.
He has had major interventions in many
museums and public collections, including the
Victoria and Albert Museum, Waddesdon Manor,
Tate Brit ain, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
and the Rijksmuseum. De Waal opened his first
show in New York at the Gagosian Gallery in
September 2013. Future projects include
working with Turner Contemporary, Margate,
the Kunsthistorisches in Vienna and the
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen in Dresden.
He is also known as a writer. His recent book,
Hare with the Amber Eyes, which traces
his family history, has been an international
bestseller and won many literary prizes.

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