Lot 809
  • 809

CHEN CHI-KWAN | Search

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 HKD
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Description

  • Chen Chi-Kwan (Chen Qikuan)
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  • signed in Chinese and stamped with the artist's seal 
  • ink and colour on paper
  • 31 by 62.5 cm; 12 ¼ by 24 ⅝ in. 
executed in 1990

Provenance

Magnet Art Gallery, Taipei
Private Asian Collection 

Exhibited

Berlin, Museums für Ostasiatische Kunst, Chen Chi-kwan: Chinesische malerei, 6 December 1996 - 9 February 1997
Beijing, National Art Museum of China, A Retrospective of Chen Chi-Kwan at Eighty, 19-24 September 2000
Shanghai, Shanghai Art Museum, A Retrospective of Chen Chi-Kwan at Eighty, 27 September - 2 October 2000
Taipei, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Painting and Architecture of Chen Chi-kwan, 8 November 2003 - 1 February 2004

Literature

Uta Rahman-Steinert, Chen Chi-kwan: Chinesische malerei, G-und H-Verl, Berlin, 1996, plate 37, p. 104-105
Ying Hsiao-wei, ed., A Retrospective of Chen Chi-Kwan at Eighty, Sheen Chuen-Chi Cultural & Educational Foundation, Taipei, 2000, p. 141
Liao Tsun-ling, ed., Painting and Architecture of Chen Chi-kwan, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, 2003, plate 372, p. 187, 235
Cheng Hui-mei, Space, Construction, Chen Chi-kwan, Lion Art Publishing, Taipei, 2004, p. 171

Condition

The work is overall in good condition, except for very minor spots of foxing across the overall surface.
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Catalogue Note

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Magnet Art Gallery, Taipei