Lot 704
  • 704

LIN FENGMIAN | The South

Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD
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Description

  • The South
  • signed in Chinese and stamped with the artist's seal
  • ink and colour on paper 
  • 39.5 by 49 cm; 15 ½ by 19 ¼ in. 
executed in 1970s

Provenance

Important Private Asian Collection

Exhibited

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

Literature

Arts of Asia May-June 1979, Arts of Asia Publications, Hong Kong, 1979, p. 133
Collection of The Modern Chinese Masters - Lin Feng Mian, Jinxiu Cultural Publishing House, Taipei, 1993, p. 169
Du Ziling, ed., The Collected Works of Lin Feng Mian Vol. II, Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing, Tianjin, 1994, p. 137-138
Xu Jiang, ed., The Approach of Lin Fengmian: The Centenary of Lin Fengmian, China Academy of Art Press, Hangzhou, 1999, p. 275
Feng Ye, ed., The World of Lin Fengmian, Min Sheng Bao Publishing, Taipei, 2000, p. 73
Yang Hualin, ed., The Complete Works of Lin Fengmian Vol. III, China Youth Press, Beijing, 2014, p. 12

Condition

The work is overall in very good condition, except for a negligible spot of paint loss near the center. Upon close inspection, there is a very minor sign of hairline craquelure in the center left, which appear to be in stable condition.
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