Lot 5071
  • 5071

Chen Cheng-Po (Chen Chengbo)

Estimate
4,000,000 - 6,000,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Chen Cheng-Po (Chen Chengbo)
  • In Front of the Temple (Changhua Nanyiao Temple)
  • signed and dated 1936 in Chinese
  • oil on canvas 

Provenance

Private Asian Collection

Exhibited

Liang Gallery, Taipei, Dazzling Through A History: Chen Cheng-Po and Liao Chi-Chun Dual Exhibition, 4 – 26 December, 2010
Tainan, Koxinga Museum, Surging Waves: Chen Cheng-Po's 120th Birthday East Asian Touring Exhibition, 18 January – 30 March, 2014
Shanghai, China Art Museum, Misty Vapor on the High Seas: Chen Cheng-Po's Art Exhibition, 6 June – 6 July, 2014

Literature

Taiwan Fine Arts Series 1: Chen Cheng-Po, Artist Co. Ltd, Taipei , 1992, plate 54, p. 116, illustrated in colour
You Cai, Re Qing, Chen Cheng-Po, Hsiung-Shih Art Books Co. Ltd, Taipei,
1998, pp. 146-147, illustrated in colour
Dazzling Through A History: Chen Cheng-Po and Liao Chi-Chun Art Treasures Collections
, Liang Gallery, Taipei, 2010, p. 109, illustrated in colour
Misty Vapor on the High Seas: Collected Artwork of Chen Cheng-Po, People's Fine Art Publishing House, Shanghai, 2014, p. 288, illustrated in colour

Condition

Please kindly note that this work has been relined. There are scattered small areas of inpainting most notably near the upper left and upper right corners, and at the lower right corner. This work is overall in good condition.
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