Lot 719
  • 719

LIN FENGMIAN | Autumn

Estimate
1,500,000 - 2,500,000 HKD
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Description

  • Autumn
  • signed in Chinese and stamped with the artist's seal
  • ink and colour on paper
  • 68 by 69.3 cm; 26 ¾ by 27 ¼ in.
executed in 1970s

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

Artist Publishing, ed., Artist Bi-monthly Issue No. 33, Artist Publishing Co., Hong Kong, 1983, p. 33
Irene Ngan, ed., The Art of Lin Fengmian, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong, 1992, p. 52-53
Du Ziling, ed., The Collected Works of Lin Feng Mian Vol. II, Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing, Tianjin, 1994, p. 157-158
Xu Jiang, ed., The Approach of Lin Fengmian: The Centenary of Lin Fengmian, China Academy of Art Press, Hangzhou, 1999, p. 241
Feng Ye, ed., The World of Lin Fengmian, Min Sheng Bao Publishing, Taipei, 2000, p. 131
Yang Hualin, ed., The Complete Works of Lin Fengmian Vol. II, China Youth Press, Beijing, 2014, p. 192

Condition

The work is overall in very good condition. Upon close inspection, there are some very minor spots of foxing near the top edge of the paper.
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