Lot 1102
  • 1102

LI SHAN | Red Young Mao

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 HKD
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Description

  • Attributed to Li Shan
  • Red Young Mao
  • acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas
  • 106 by 135 cm.   41¾ by 53⅛ in.
signed in Chinese and Pinyin, dated 1995 and inscribed New York in Chinese on the reverse

Provenance

Galerie Loft, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Brussels, La Moutarderie Nationale, Collection Gillion Crowet, 2007 - 2019

Literature

Exh. Cat. Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte Brasileira, China: Contemporary Art, Sau Paolo 2002, p. 85, illustrated in colour
Catherine Buci-Glucksmann and Jean Marc Decrop, Modernites Chinoises, Milan 2003, p. 45, illustrated in colour

Catalogue Note

People have an ingrained impression of the older Mao – one that’s powerful and authoritarian … younger Mao is ambitious and vibrant.

Li Shan