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he Modern Evening Auction will feature artworks that capture the multifaceted, creative spirit of artists working around the world during the 20th century, pioneers who broke past the boundaries of established norms to create a vision of modern and post-war art. Leading the sale will be Sanyu’s masterpiece Branches, a remarkable achievement amongst his entire body of flower works, an autobiographical expression full of hope for new spring, the early promise of Sanyu’s plum branches traces their origins to the artist’s cultural roots, set in a composition that suggests Western geometric abstraction. Alongside Sanyu’s Branches, we celebrate the depiction of enduring love with Pablo Picasso’s Femme assise à la galette des rois, an extraordinary portrait of his wife Jacqueline Roque portrayed in a regal palette of green and gold. Other highlights include Peinture 195 x 130 cm, 3 décembre 1956 by Pierre Soulages, 12.02.65 by Zao Wou-Ki, Pansies by Georgette Chen, and Joan Miró’s Personnage dans la nuit, each representing the encapsulation of century-defining ideas. This auction will be a wonderful opportunity for collectors to engage in creative encounters with the most significant names from the modern era.
二十世紀，全球各地的藝術先驅各自打破既有疆界，為現代及戰後藝壇開創了前所未見的紛繁盛況。今秋，蘇富比現代藝術晚間拍賣誠獻眾多大師傑作，並由常玉的花卉精品《紅底瓶枝》傲然領銜。此畫帶有濃烈的自傳色彩，流露了常玉對冬盡春回的期盼；在隱含西方幾何抽象的構圖上，墨黑的梅枝不但承載著畫家的祈願，同時亦根植於他內心深處的文化本源。此外，今季繼續呈獻諸位現代大師佳作，包括畢加索以尊貴的金綠二色讚頌愛妻賈桂琳・洛克的《冠冕女子與國王餅》、皮耶・蘇拉吉《畫作 195 x 130 厘米》、趙無極《12.02.65》、張荔英《三色堇花》和胡安・米羅《星夜漫步》，每幅作品各自繼承了印象派、點畫派、立體主義及抽象表現主義等重要流派的劃時代藝術精神，令本次晚間拍賣成為藏家領略雋永新思的絕佳良機。
