Lot 701
  • 701

LIN FENGMIAN | Female nude

Estimate
500,000 - 1,000,000 HKD
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Description

  • Female nude
  • signed in Chinese and stamped with the artist's seal
  • ink and colour on paper 
  • 34 by 34 cm; 13 ⅜ by 13 ⅜ in. 
executed in 1970s 

Provenance

Important Private Asian Collection 

Literature

Artist Publishing, ed., Artist Bi-monthly Issue No. 33, Artist Publishing Co., Hong Kong, 1983, p. 16
Du Ziling, ed., The Collected Works of Lin Feng Mian Vol. II, Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing, Tianjin, 1994, p. 141
Yang Hualin, ed., The Complete Works of Lin Fengmian Vol. III, China Youth Press, Beijing, 2014, p. 34

Condition

The work is overall in very good condition. Upon close inspection, there are a few very minor spots of foxing on the female nude’s body.
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