Lot 596
  • 596

ZHOU CHUNYA | Red Mountain Rock Series: Nude

Estimate
1,200,000 - 2,200,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Zhou Chunya
  • Red Mountain Rock Series: Nude
  • oil on canvas
  • 99 by 79.2 cm.   39 by 31 1/4  in.
signed in Chinese and dated 1992

Provenance

Private Collection
Ravenel, Taipei, 4 December 2011, Lot 193
Duo Yun Xuan Auctions, Shanghai, 28 June 2014, Lot 2045
Ravenel, Taipei, 7 June 2015, Lot 269
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. There are minor wear along the edges and corners. No evidence of restoration when examined under ultraviolet light.
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Catalogue Note

Zhou’s “Moutain Rock Series” broke away from the reticent literati painting and represented the texture and structures of rocks with delicate strokes. - Hu Yung-fen