LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and acrylic on canvas

Measurements:

70.87 in. (180.00 cm.) (height) by 141.73 in. (360.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Chinese and Pinyin and dated 2001-02; signed and titled in Chinese and dated 2001 on the reverse

Exhibited:

China, Chengdu, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, Yangban Model Art in China: The First Chengdu Biennale, 15 December, 2001 - 15 January, 2002; Germany, Duisburg, Museum Kueppermuehle, 3 October, 2002 - 2 January, 2003; Hungary, Budapest, Ludwig Museum, 2003; Italy, Rome, Museo Arte Contemporanea di Rome, ChinArt, 2003; China, Hong Kong, Schoeni Art Gallery, Liu Ye: Red Yellow Blue, 2003, pp. 11 and 62; USA, New York, Sperone Westwater Gallery, Liu Ye: Temptations, 14 September - 28 October 2006, pp. 36-37; Switzerland, Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, Liu Ye, 7 February - 1 April, 2007, pp. 46-47

Literature:

Oriental Art Master No. 119, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China, October 2006, p.76; China Art Book: The 80 Most Renowned Chinese Artists, Dumont Buchverlag, Köln, Germany, 2007, p. 246

Provenance:

Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York; Acquired by the present owner from the above