Lot 86
  • 86

Chen Yifei

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description

  • Chen Yifei
  • Returning Home: Sunset, Suzhou
  • signed in Pinyin and dated 1983.5
  • oil on canvas
  • 35 3/4 by 52 in. 91 by 132 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, Taipei

Exhibited

New York, Hammer Galleries, Chen Yifei, October 3 - October 22, 1983
Brooklyn, Conneticut, New England Center for Contemporary Art, Images of China, August 28 - September 16, 1983

Condition

This work is in a good general condition overall. There are some small spots of glden paint along the upper edge of the painting, that have rubbed off the frame but could easily be removed with light cleaning. There is also a very minor mark near the lower left corner of the painting as well as traces of wearing along the left edge. The work is framed and was not examined out of frame. It was not examined under UV light.
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