ID 1399903
Lot 246 | CHEN WEN HSI (1906-1991)
Estimate value
HKD 480 000 – 650 000
Gossip
signed 'CHEN WEN HSI' (lower right)
oil and mixed media on masonite
121 x 103.2 cm. (47 5/8 x 40 5/8 in.)
Painted in 1962
Provenance
Private collection, Germany (acquired directly from the artist in 1981)
Sotheby's Paris, 15 March 2023, lot 132
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Dr S. M. Chen (ed.), Chen Wen Hsi, The Old & New Gallery, Singapore,1987 (illustrated, plate W-18, unpaged).
| Artist: | Wen Hsi Chen (1906 - 1991) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | South-Eastern Asia, Asia, Singapore |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Wen Hsi Chen (1906 - 1991) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | South-Eastern Asia, Asia, Singapore |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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