Lot 944
  • 944

Qiu Jie

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 HKD
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Description

  • Qiu Jie
  • Le Voyage vers I'Ouest
  • graphite and coloured pencil on paper
signed in Chinese and Pinyin, titled in Chinese and French and dated 2000, framed

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 6 October, 2009, lot 730

Exhibited

UK, London, Saatchi Gallery, The Revolution Continues: New Chinese Art, 2008, pp. 120-121

Literature

Qiu Jie, OEuvres choisies, Shanghai, China, 2006, pp. 56-57
China Art Book: The 80 Most Renowned Chinese Artists, Dumont Buchverlag, Köln, Germany, 2007, p. 292

Condition

This work is generally in good condition. The surface is undulated, which is consistent with the medium. There are occasional creases and patches of paper loss. Please note that it was not examined under ultraviolet light and out of its frame.
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