Lot 5009
  • 5009

Shiy De-Jinn (Xi Dejin)

Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 HKD
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Description

  • Shiy De-Jinn (Xi Dejin)
  • After the Night Rain
  • signed in Chinese and dated 1963; signed in Pinyin, titled and dated 1963 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei exhibition label affixed to the reverse

Provenance

Treadway Toomey Cincinnati, May 3, 2009, Lot 863

Exhibited

Alexandria VA, Henry Art Gallery, Shiy De-Jinn New Paintings, April 2 – 28, 1963
Taipei, Tina Keng Gallery, Peerless Grace — Hangzhou National Academy of Fine Arts, March 6 - 28, 2010

Literature

The Commemorative Collections of Shiy De-Jinn Vol. 2 Oil Painting, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art Press, Taichung, 1994, p. 262, illustrated in colour
Historical Artifacts, National Museum of History Press, Taipei, April 2009, p. 39, illustrated in colour

Condition

This piece is in very good condition. There is a stable minor hairline crack on the impasto, about 1 centimeter in length, 5 centimeters from the left edge and 30 centimeters from the bottom edge. The right edge shows abrasion, which has been caused by the framing, but it does not affect the actual image. The bottom right edge also has two tiny specks of paint loss, only visible under close inspection. Under UV light, there are scattered touch-ups along the four edges.
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