Lot 533
  • 533

Liu Jiutong

Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 HKD
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Description

  • Liu Jiutong
  • Shade in the Clouds to Offset the Moon (diptych)
  • oil on canvas
signed in Chinese and dated 2012; titled on the reverse

Provenance

Important Private Asian Collection

Exhibited

Beijing, National Art Museum of China, Eastern Abstractionism —Liu Jiutong Solo Exhibition, May 4 - 13, 2013
Xi'an, Tang Dynasty Xishi Museum, Eastern Abstractionism —Liu Jiutong Solo Exhibition, May 18 - 28, 2013

Literature

Living Land, Oil Painting by Liu Jiutong, Osti Artistic Co. Ltd.,Taipei, pp. 124-127, illustrated in colour

Condition

This work is in excellent condition. There is evidence of light wear along the four edges of the work, only visible under close examination. Right Panel: there is one paint loss 1 cm in length along the right edge, 57 cm from the top edge of the work. There is no evidence of restoration under UV.
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