Lot 825
  • 825

HO FAN | Evening Ferry

Estimate
50,000 - 100,000 HKD
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Description

  • Fan Ho
  • Evening Ferry
  • signed in Chinese and Pinyin, dated 1982
  • gelatin silver print
  • 36.5 by 47.8 cm; 14 ⅜ by 18 ⅞ in.
executed in 1958

Provenance

Acquired directly from the Taipei Ho Fan Exhibition in 1982 by the original private Asian collector
Private Asian Collection 

Exhibited

Taipei, 1982

Literature

Complete Collection of Ho Fan's International Award-Winning Photographic Art, European Languages Publication Ltd., Taipei, 1982
Fan Ho: The Living Theatre, Modernbook Editions, San Francisco, 2014, p. 15

Condition

The work is in its original condition, except for a few very light fold creases near the four corners. There is very light discoloration along the top and left edges, which is consistent with age and nature of the artist's chosen medium.
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Catalogue Note

This work was dated after its actual completion, as it was executed in 1958