Lot 601
  • 601

Kuo Po-Chuan (Guo Bochuan)

Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Kuo Po-Chuan (Guo Bochuan)
  • Moonfish
  • oil on paper
signed in Chinese and dated Minguo calendar 60

Provenance

Important Private Asian Collection

Literature

The Collected Works of the Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Vol.10: Guo Bochuan, Artist Publishing Co., Taipei, 1993, p.250

Condition

This work is in excellent condition. There is evidence of artistÂ’s pinholes at the lower corners of the work. There is one small accretion, 5 cm from the bottom edge and 17 cm from the left edge of the painting, presumably inherent to the artistÂ’s working method.
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