ID 1303661
Lot 10 | LALAN (XIE JINGLAN, 1921-1995)
Estimate value
HKD 18 000 000 – 28 000 000
La mère de nuage (Mother of the Clouds)
signed, titled and dated 'La mère de nuage, Lalan 68' (on the stretcher of the left panel); signed and dated 'Lalan 68' (on the reverse of the left panel); signed, titled and dated 'La mère de nuage, Lalan 68' (on the stretcher of the centre panel); signed and dated 'Lalan 68' (on the reverse of the centre panel); signed, titled and dated 'La mère de nuage, Lalan 68' (on the stretcher and reverse of the right panel)
oil on canvas (triptych)
each: 162 x 97 cm. (63 3/4 x 38 1/4 in.) (3)
overall: 162 x 291 cm. (63 3/4 x 114 1/2 in.)
Painted in 1968
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 9 April 2008, lot 833
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
J. Rougemont (ed.), Lalan, J. M. Beurdeley, Bangkok, 1999 (mentioned, p. 40-41).
E. Bunnag Booth & J.M. Beurdeley (ed.), Lalan: The Cosmic Dance of the Paintbrush, exh. cat., MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai, 2017 (mentioned, p. 34).
E. Fung (ed.), Lalan, Rizzoli International Publications Inc. and Kwai Fung Art Publishing House, Milan, 2022 (illustrated, p. 80-81; listed, p. 314).
Exhibited
Corbeil-Essonnes, Galerie du centre culturel Pablo Neruda, Maison des jeunes et de la culture Fernand Léger, Lalan, 10 December 1974 – 5 January 1975.
Further Details
This work is registered by the Lalan Archive represented by Kwai Fung Foundation. For further information, please refer to Lalan Archive (https://lalanarchive.org/).A certificate of authenticity can be requested by the successful buyer.
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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