KIM WHANKI (1913-1974)
17.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1492553
Lot 69 | KIM WHANKI (1913-1974)
Estimate value
7500000USD $ 7 500 000 – 10 000 000
19-VI-71 #206
signed, inscribed and titled ‘19-VI-71 #206 Whanki New York’ (on the reverse)
oil on cotton
100 x 79 7/8 in. (254 x 203 cm.)
Painted in 1971.
Provenance
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2016
Literature
Seoul, Whanki Museum, The Whanki Museum Grand Opening Exhibition, November-December 1993, n.p. (illustrated; titled 19-06-71).
Samsung Cultural Foundation, ed., Korean Artists: Kim Whan-ki, Seoul, 1997, p. 145 (illustrated).
N. Cater, ed., The most beloved painter in Korea: Kim Whanki 1913-1974, Paju, 2011, p. 261 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Seoul, Gallery Hyundai, The Master of Modern Art in Korea: Kim Whanki, January-February 2012.
Seoul, Gallery Hyundai, Kim Whanki: Line·Surface·Dot, December 2015-January 2016, pp. 64-65 (illustrated).
| Artist: | Kim Whanki (1913 - 1974) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Korea, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Kim Whanki (1913 - 1974) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Korea, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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