Chiu Ya-Tsai (Qiu Yacai)

signed in Chinese
executed in 1993.

Private Asian Collection

Chiu Ya-Tsai, Ming Art Gallery, Taipei, 2006, illustrated in colour

This work is in very good condition. There is evidence of light wear and abrasion along the edges of the painting. There are minor black accretions across the surface of the painting, predominantly on the face of the woman in the painting. There are two very light vertical marks, 20 cm and 50 cm in length respectively, in the lower right area and presumably inherent to the artist’s working method. There is evidence of scattered spots along the left and right edges fluorescing, presumably inherent to the artist's working method.
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