LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on canvas

Measurements:

57.95 in. (147.20 cm.) (height) by 77.65 in. (197.23 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed Geng Jianyi [in Chinese and English] on the reverse.

Literature:

J. Noth, W. Pohlmann, and K. Reschke, eds., China Avant-Garde: Counter-currents in Art and Culture, Berlin, 1993, pp. 117, 121 (illustrated); M. Gao, Contemporary Chinese Art Volumes: Analysis of Oil Painting 1979-1999, Hubei, 1999, p. 184 (illustrated); K. Smith, The Art of Duplicity, 50%: Shanghart and Geng Jianyi, Shanghai, 1999, p. 1 (illustrated); M. Koppel-Yang, Semiotic Warfare: The Chinese Avant-Garde, 1979-89, A Semiotic Analysis, Beijing, 2002, p. 61; H. Lu, ed., China Avant-Garde Art 1979 - 2004, Hebei, 2006, p. 79 (illustrated)

Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist