Lot 42
  • 42

Yan Pei-Ming

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 GBP
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Description

  • Yan Pei-Ming
  • Portrait de Mao Noir
  • signed, titled and dated 2.98 on the reverse

  • oil on canvas
  • 235 by 200cm.
  • 92 1/2 by 78 5/8 in.

Provenance

Bernier/ Eliades Gallery, Athens
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is slightly lighter with slightly less blue in the original. Condition: The work is in very good condition. Very close inspection reveals a small chip at the centre of the left overturn edge, and a very faint short horizontal scratch towards the bottom left corner, and a very short horizontal hairline crack to the centre of the white area of thick impasto towards the centre of the bottom left quadrant. No restoration is apparent under ultraviolet light.
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