Lot 5056
  • 5056

Chen Yifei

Estimate
2,000,000 - 3,000,000 HKD
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Description

  • Chen Yifei
  • Young Talent
  • signed in Pinyin
  • oil on canvas
executed in 1989

Provenance

Seibu Shibuya Department Store, Tokyo
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1989

Exhibited

Tokyo, Seibu Shibuya Department Store, Chen Yifei, 1989

Literature

Chen Yifei, Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, 1989, plate 13, p. 14, illustrated in colour
Chen Yifei, Hammer Publishing, New York, 1990, plate 65, illustrated in colour
Chen Yifei, Tianjin Yangliuqing Fine Arts Press, Tianjin, 2008, p. 20, illustrated in colour
Chen Yifei, Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Shanghai, 2010, p. 79, illustrated in colour 

Condition

This work is in overall very good condition. There are vertical hairline craquelures across the surface. There is no sign of restoration under UV light examination.
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