ID 1399798
Lot 14 | LIU YE (B. 1964)
Estimate value
HKD 12 000 000 – 18 000 000
Beijing Madonna
signed, signed again in Chinese, and dated '94-95 Liu ye' (upper left)
acrylic and oil on canvas
80 x 100 cm. (31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
Painted in 1994-1995
Provenance
Mingjingdi Gallery, Beijing
Private collection, Palm Springs (acquired from the above)
Christie's New York, 17 May 2007, lot 461
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
New Anecdotes of Social Talk, exh. cat., International Arts Gallery, Beijing, 1995 (illustrated, p. 26).
L. Leng, 'Start Again', Fine Arts Literature, 1996 (illustrated in detail, cover).
Jiangsu Art Monthly, No. 4, 1996 (illustrated in detail, cover).
Liu Ye, exh. cat., Mingjingdi Gallery, Beijing, 1997 (illustrated, p. 26).
L. Leng, It's Me, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Publishing, Beijing, 2000 (illustrated, p. 198).
L. Leng, 'Making Sense of Liu Ye', China Today 1, 2000, (illustrated, p. 57).
'The Winner Liu Ye', L'officiel Art, No. 79, 1 January 2014 (mentioned, p. 60).
C. Noe (ed.), Liu Ye Catalogue Raisonne 1991-2015, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2015 (illustrated, no. 95-08, p. 264).
Exhibited
Beijing, International Arts Gallery, New Anecdotes of Social Talk, 8-11 December 1995.
Beijing, Mingjingdi Gallery, Liu Ye, 1997.
| Artist: | Liu Ye (b. 1964) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Liu Ye (b. 1964) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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