Lot 101
  • 101

Fang Lijun

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Fang Lijun
  • Face (five works)
  • 1. signed in Chinese and numbered 40/65
    2. signed in Chinese, dated 2000.6.30, and numbered 33/65
    3. signed in Chinese, dated 2000.6.25, and numbered 42/65
    4. signed in Chinese, dated 2000.6.15, and numbered 43/65
    5. signed in Chinese, dated 2002.12.9, and numbered 18/25
  • woodblock prints

  • each:121 by 81 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, Geneva

Literature

Stone Face-China's First Group Printing Exhibition, Beijing Art Now Gallery, 2004, p. 23-32, illustrated
Li Luming ed., Fang Lijun, Changsha, 2001, p. 196-199, illustrated

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is slightly lighter in the original. Condition: This work seems to be in good condition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light. Various places with creases: top left: There is a fine crease towards the lower right corner on the lower extreme edge. top right: There is some light creasing to the top left and lower left corners and a tiny nick to the top left corner. On close inspection, there is a further flattened creased beneath the numbering on the lower extreme edge. bottom left: There are two light horizontal creases to the centre and right of the top extreme edge. centre: There is a light crease in the top left corner. bottom right: There is some extremely light undulation across the centre of the sheet..
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