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CHEN WEN HSI (1906-1991)

Lot 78
28.05.2023 19:00UTC +08:00
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HKD 4 788 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationHong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 966392
Lot 78 | CHEN WEN HSI (1906-1991)
Estimate value
HKD 4 000 000 – 10 000 000
CHEN WEN HSI (1906-1991)
Puppets
signed ‘CHEN WEN HSI’ (lower right)
oil on canvas laid on board
153.5 x 121.5 cm. (60 3/8 x 47 7/8 in.)
CHEN WEN HSI
Painted circa 1960s



Provenance

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 April 2014, lot 133

Private collection, Asia (acquired at the above sale by the present owner)



Literature

W. H. Chen, CHEN WEN HSI PAINTINGS, Old & New Gallery, Singapore, 1991 (illustrated, plate 5).



Exhibited

Singapore, National Museum Art Gallery, Chen Wen Hsi Retrospective 1982, November 1982.



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Artist:Wen Hsi Chen (1906 - 1991)
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:South-Eastern Asia, Asia, Singapore
Auction house category:Paintings
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