Lot 705
  • 705

LIN FENGMIAN | Nude

Estimate
800,000 - 1,500,000 HKD
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Description

  • Nude
  • signed in Chinese and stamped with the artist's seal
  • ink and colour on paper
  • 41.6 by 51.4 cm; 16 ⅜ by 20 ¼ in.
executed in 1977

Provenance

Important Private Asian Collection

Exhibited

Hong Kong, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, The Art of Lin Fengmian, 1992
Shanghai, Shanghai Art Museum, The Approach of Lin Fengmian: The Centenary of Lin Fengmian, November 1999

Literature

Irene Ngan, ed., The Art of Lin Fengmian, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong, 1992, p. 108-109
Collection of The Modern Chinese Masters - Lin Feng Mian, Jinxiu Cultural Publishing House, Taipei, 1993, p. 175
Du Ziling, ed., The Collected Works of Lin Feng Mian Vol. II, Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing, Tianjin, 1994, p. 173-174
Yu Mingchuan, Zhao Yang, Jiang Jinghui, ed., Chinese Masterpainters: Lin Fengmian, Taiwan Mac Educational Co., Ltd., Taipei, 1996, p. 29, 109
Xu Jiang, ed., The Approach of Lin Fengmian: The Centenary of Lin Fengmian, China Academy of Art Press, Hangzhou, 1999, p. 276
Yang Hualin, ed., The Complete Works of Lin Fengmian Vol. III, China Youth Press, Beijing, 2014, p. 32


Condition

The work is overall in very good condition. Upon close inspection, there are some very minor spots of foxing in the light-coloured surfaces.
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