Lot 838
  • 838

Liu Wei

Estimate
1,200,000 - 1,500,000 HKD
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Description

  • Liu Wei
  • Business Man
  • signed in Chinese and Pinyin, dated 2000.6, framed
  • oil on canvas
  • 149 by 129 cm.; 58 5/8 by 50 3/4 in.

Provenance

Galerie Loft, Paris and Hong Kong

Exhibited

France, Paris, Espace Cardin, Paris-Pékin, 5-28 October, 2002, p.129
China, Beijing, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Our Future: The Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation Collection, 19 July to 12 October 2008, pp. 96-97

Literature

Paris-Pékin: Exposition, Beaux Arts Collection, Turin, Italy, 2002, p. 6
Beyond Boundaries, Shanghai Gallery of Art, China, 2003, p. 104
Liu Wei, Red Bridge Gallery, Shanghai, China, 2008, p. 129

Condition

This work is generally in good condition. There is minor paint loss in the top left corner, and another in the bottom edge located near the bottom right corner. Having examined the work under ultraviolet light, there appears to be no evidence of restoration.
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