Lot 702
  • 702

LIN FENGMIAN | Lady Playing Flute

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

  • Lady Playing Flute
  • signed in Chinese and stamped with the artist's seal 
  • ink and colour on paper
  • 33 by 32.5 cm; 13 by 12 ¾ in. 
executed in 1940s

Provenance

Important Private Asian Collection 

Exhibited

Shanghai, Shanghai Art Museum, The Approach of Lin Fengmian: The Centenary of Lin Fengmian, November 1999

Literature

Du Ziling, ed., The Collected Works of Lin Feng Mian Vol. I, Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing, Tianjin, 1994, p. 20-21
Xu Jiang, ed., The Approach of Lin Fengmian: The Centenary of Lin Fengmian, China Academy of Art Press, Hangzhou, 1999, p. 110
Lang Shaojun, Chinese Famous Artists - Lin Fengmian, Artist Publishing, Taipei, 2004, p. 81
Yang Hualin, ed., The Complete Works of Lin Fengmian Vol. I, China Youth Press, Beijing, 2014, p. 74

Condition

The work is overall in very good condition. Upon close inspection, there are a few very minor spots of foxing in the upper left.
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