Lot 639
  • 639

Hsiung Ping-Ming (Xiong Bingming)

Estimate
450,000 - 550,000 HKD
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Description

  • Hsiung Ping-Ming (Xiong Bingming)
  • A Cow with a Big Belly
  • bronze
incised with the artist's signature in pinyin, engraved with Landowski fondeur's seal, dated 1998 and numbered 2/8 on the underside
executed in 1962 - 1997 and cast in bronze in 1998, this work is number 2 from an edition of 8.

Provenance

Private Asian Collection

Exhibited

Beijing, National Art Museum of China, An Odyssey Abroad and Back - Hsiung Ping-Ming's Art, May 7 - 23, 1999
Shanghai, Shanghai Fine Arts Museum, An Odyssey Abroad and Back - Hsiung Ping-Ming's Art, 1999
Kunming, Yunnan Fine Arts Museum, An Odyssey Abroad and Back - Hsiung Ping-Ming's Art, 1999
Taipei, National Museum of History, An Odyssey Abroad and Back - Hsiung Ping-Ming's Art, October 6 - 31, 1999
Kaohsiung, Mountain Art Museum, An Odyssey Abroad and Back - Hsiung Ping-Ming's Art, 1999

Literature

Contemporary Chinese Art Collection No. 6: Hsiung Ping-Ming, Mountain Art Museum, Kaohsiung, 1999, p. 52, illustrated in colour
An Odyssey Abroad and Back - Hsiung Ping-Ming's Art, National Museum of History, Taipei, 1999, p. 37, illustrated in colour

Condition

This work is overall in good condition. There is a slight mark near the left haunch at the back. There is general oxidation across the body.
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