ID 966415
Lot 104 | WANG GUANGYI (B. 1957)
Estimate value
HKD 3 800 000 – 5 000 000
The Frozen North Pole Series - Large Doll
signed and dated '86-88 Wang Guang Yi' (lower center)
oil on canvas
79 x 112.2 cm. (31 1/8 x 44 1/8 in.)
WANG GUANGYI
Painted in 1986-1988
Provenance
China Avant-Garde: The Farber Collection, Phillips de Pury London, 13 October 2007, lot 508
Private collection
Poly Auction Beijing, 4 December 2008, lot 570
Private collection
China Guardian Beijing, 13 November 2016, lot 140
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Minsheng Art Museum, The Official Opening of Minsheng Art Museum: Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art 1979-2009, exh. cat., Wenhua Yishu Publishing House, Beijing, 2010 (illustrated, p. 50).
P. Lu, Z. Zhu, C. Kao (ed.) Thirty Years of Adventures, Timezone 8, Beijing, 2010 (illustrated, p. 383).
Artist: | Wang Guangyi (1957) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Wang Guangyi (1957) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Address of auction |
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