Lot 707
  • 707

GUAN LIANG | Forbidden City

Estimate
400,000 - 800,000 HKD
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Description

  • Guan Liang
  • Forbidden City
  • signed in Chinese
  • oil on canvas
  • 33.2 by 45 cm; 13 by 17 ¾ in. 
executed in 1950 

Provenance

Collection of Guan Hanxing
Acquired directly from the above by the present important private Asian collector

Literature

Xue Jianhua, ed., Guan Liang, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Shanghai, 2009, p. 57
CANS Art News Editing Team, ed., Guan Liang 1900 - 1986, Chinese Art Books Co., Taipei, 2012, p. 126

Condition

The work is overall in very good condition. There are light traces to suggest that the canvas was previously removed from the stretcher and rolled up. Examination under UV light reveals a few very minor spots of retouching in the upper right and at the extreme left edge.
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