Lot 775
  • 775

Chen Yifei

Estimate
1,900,000 - 2,700,000 HKD
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Description

  • Chen Yifei
  • The Confidante
  • oil on canvas

signed in pinyin and Chinese; Marlborough Gallery label affixed on the reverse
executed in 1999.

Provenance

Marlborough Gallery, New York
Private Asian Collection

Exhibited

New York, Marlborough Gallery, Chen Yifei, New Works, December 7, 1999 - January 15, 2000

Literature

Chen Yifei, New Works, Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1999, plate 11, p. 25, illustrated in colour
Yang Changxun, ed., Chen Yifei, Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House, Shanghai, 2006, p. 72, illustrated in colour
Chen Yifei, Tianjin Yangliuqing Fine Arts Press, Tianjin, 2008, p. 74, illustrated in colour  
Chen Yifei, Marlborough Gallery, London, p.138, 139, illustrated in colour 

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of a black accretion at the upper left corner of the canvas. There is no evidence of restoration under UV.
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