Lot 774
  • 774

Chen Yifei

Estimate
3,000,000 - 5,000,000 HKD
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Description

  • Chen Yifei
  • High House on the Canal
  • oil on canvas
signed in pinyin and Chinese; two Marlborough Gallery labels affixed on the reverse
executed in 1997.

Provenance

Acquired by a private collector directly from the artist
Marlborough Fine Art, London
Private Asian Collection

Exhibited

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Chen Yifei - First London Exhibition, June 6 - July 19, 1997
Aix-en-Provence, France, Musée Granet, Chen Yifei - Première Exposition en France, June 19 - August 31, 1998

Literature

Chen Yifei - First London Exhibition, Marlborough Fine Art, London, 1997, plate 26, illustrated in colour
Musée Granet, Chen Yifei - Première Exposition en France, Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, 1998, plate 15, illustrated in colour
Chen Yifei, Tianjin Yangliuqing Fine Arts Press, Tianjin, 2008, p. 120, illustrated in colour
Chen Yifei, Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Shanghai, 2010, p. 120, illustrated in colour

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is evidence of light wear along the edges of the canvas. There is no evidence of restoration under UV.
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