Lot 215
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Li Huayi

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Description

  • Li Huayi
  • Landscape
  • signed Li Huayi in Chinese and with one seal of the artist
  • ink and color on paper
  • 25 1/2 by 49 1/4 in. 64.8 by 125.1 cm.
  • Executed in 1999.

Provenance

Kaikodo, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

San Francisco, Asian Art Museum, The Monumental Landscapes of Li Huayi, February - May 2004, pp. 88-89, illustrated in color

Catalogue Note

"After nearly ten years of exploring abstraction combined with elements from early Chinese art, I felt I was ready to create something new in the most important Chinese painting theme: landscape.  Not just landscapes, but monumental landscapes like those done during the Northern Song dynasty. I want my paintings to feel contemporary.... I think being contemporary means communicating your spirit...and being true to yourself and your time."
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(Michael Knight and Li Huayi, The Monumental Landscapes of Li Huayi, San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2004)