Lot 244
  • 244

Hong Lei

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Hong Lei
  • Autumn in the Forbidden City (West Veranda of the Hall of Supreme Harmony)
  • signed and titled in Chinese, dated 1997, numbered 8/10, and embossed with a seal of the artist 
  • chromogenic print
  • 20 by 25 5/8 in. 51 by 65 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, New York

Exhibited

Other examples exhibited:
New York, International Center of Photography and Asia Society; Chicago, Smart Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art; Seattle Art Museum; London, Victoria & Albert Museum, Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, 2004-2006, p. 58, illustrated in color

 

Literature

Zhang Zikang ed., Hong Lei: The Red Should Languish and Green Must Grow, Chengdu, 2006, pp. 82-83, illustrated in color
Beautiful and Tragic - Photograph Works of Hong Lei 1996-2000, 2000, p. 16, illustrated in color

Condition

The work is in very good condition. There is no apparent condition problems. It is framed and was not examined out of frame.
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