chen zhen's last major work was the monumental fountain "la danse de la fontaine émergente" in the 13th arrondissement of paris. he died when the work was still a sketch. his widow xu min (徐敏), who is also an artist and chen's close collaborator, spent seven years completing the work of great technical complexity. the installation, which has water circulating at high pressure within a stylized dragon and is illuminated at night, was inaugurated in 2008.