An Unprecedented Survey of Abstract Art

An Unprecedented Survey of Abstract Art

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  Zao Wou-Ki, 10.1.68, 1968, oil on canvas, 82 by 117 cm
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  10.1.68 is an exceptional masterpiece by Zao Wou-Ki exhibiting one of the most strikingly hued palettes ever employed by the artist. The ravishingly majestic orange tones are reminiscent of the flaming hues of Juin-Octobre 1985, which holds the artist's current auction record, while blue is a colour that Zao Wou-Ki used in all of his stylistic periods. Zao's emotive gestural vocabulary orchestrates a tempestuous symphony between line and form, colour and contour, manifesting an intoxicating vibrating aura defined by concentrated intuition and deadly meticulous precision.

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  Chu Teh-chun, No. 144, 1963, oil on canvas, 147 by 97.5 cm
  Estimate HK$10 – 15 million / US$1.28 – 1.92 million
  

  Enigmatic and ruminating, No. 144 is a magnificent archetype of Chu Teh-chun’s groundbreaking 1960s compositions. Created in 1963, No. 144 situates at the cusp of a critical shift the artist undertook in the early 1960s – during this period, the isolated geometric shapes and detached black brushstrokes from the 1950s liquesced into pulsing molten abstract landscapes, while rich riotous colors burgeoned from his previous palette of muted black and browns.

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  Barnett Newman, Untitled, 1945, brush and watercolour on paper, 55.9 by 38.7 cm
  Estimate HK$6.2-8.2 million / US$795,000-1.05 million
  

  Barnett Newman's Untitled from 1945 is arguably the first instance of the iconic 'zip' in the artist's entire oeuvre. Among four similarly sized watercolors that Newman executed after his return to art in 1944, the present work is the first in which the vertical strip features significantly as a formal element. Reverberating with an ineffable lyricism in its richly saturated zones of color and curlicued application, this work represents a significant triumph in Newman's career.

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  Jean-Paul Riopelle, Untitled, 1960, oil on canvas, 91 by 110.5 cm
  Estimate HK$2.8 – 4.5 million / US$357,000-575,000

  A mesmerizing chromatic symphony of gradated jewel hues, Untitled was executed in 1960, an era in which Riopelle’s painterly language began to connote an “abstract landscapism”. Exhibiting shifting staccato daubs of colour that emerge and recede into each other, the work manifests a dynamically vibrating kaleidoscopic surface akin to a stained glass window crisscrossed by a white zenith light – a prime example of Riopelle’s distinctive brand of lyrical abstraction.

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  Sam Francis, Speck, 1964, acrylic on paper, 56.8 by 76 cm
  Estimate HK$650,000-950,000 / US$83,000-122,000
  

  Manifesting exuberant explosions of luminous jewel tones, Speck hails from Francis’s 1950s and 1960s period, epitomizing Francis’s unparalleled proficiency as a colourist and his inimitable visual lexicon that remained singularly distinctive throughout different eras in his oeuvre.

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  Park Seobo, Ecriture No. 71-74, 1974, pencil and oil on canvas, 193.8 by 259.5 cm
  Estimate HK$7-9 million / US$ 895,000-1.15 million
  

  A vast expanse of rhythmic, tightly packed textural inflections，Ecriture No. 71-74 is one of the largest and most visually and physically astounding Ecriture masterpieces by Park Seobo to ever appear in the market. Park's recurrent marks are executed with a deeply meditative, hyper-disciplined and relentlessly ruthless rhythm, evidencing a rigorous engagement with paint and canvas on both a spiritual and physical level.

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  Ha Chonghyun, Conjunction 77-12, 1977, oil on hemp cloth,
  160.1 by 120.1 cm
  Estimate HK$ 1 - 1.5 million / US$128,000-192,000

  Enigmatic and contemplative, Conjunction 77-12 is a highly exemplary archetype of Ha Chonghyun’s acclaimed aesthetic. Mobilizing traditional techniques with a modern twist, Ha Chonghyun pursued a raw coarseness that accentuates the deeply materialist nature of his artistic commitments as well as the merging of medium with his own physicality.

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  Morita Shiryu, Ryū wa Ryū o Shiru — Dragon Knows Dragon, 1964, aluminum flake pigment in PVA glue medium, lacquer on paper laid on folding screen, 112.3 by 222.6 cm
  Estimate HK$1.5 – 2.5 million / US$192,000-319,000

  Strikingly majestic and consummately graceful, the present work is a supremely important piece within Morita Shiryu’s oeuvre and embodies the highest essences of his calligraphic aesthetic. The phrase in Ryū wa Ryū o Shiru — Dragon Knows Dragon can be interpreted as ‘To Recognise Greatness is Greatness’. A direct comparable work, also titled Ryū wa Ryū o Shiru — Dragon Knows Dragon, belongs in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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    Type: auction

    Category: Past Auction

    Chinese Works of Art from the Collection of Emil Hultmark

    29 November 2018 | 10:00 AM HKT | Hong Kong

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    Type: auction

    Category: Past Auction

    Chinese Art

    29–30 November 2018 | 10:15 AM HKT | Hong Kong

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    Category: Past Auction

    Brushwork III – Abstract Masters

    24 November 2018 | 2:30 PM HKT | Hong Kong

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    Watches Online

    27 November–6 December 2018 | 3:00 AM GMT

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    Type: auction

    Category: Past Auction

    Contemporary Art Evening Auction

    14 November 2018 | 6:30 PM EST | New York

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    Contemporary Art Day Auction

    15 November 2018 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

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