LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

20.87 in. (53.00 cm.) (height) by 18.11 in. (46.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Chinese (lower right)

Literature:

Art Beatus, Three Generations of Chinese Modernism, Vancouver, Canada, 1998 (illustrated, p. 20). Guangxi People's Publishing House, China Oil Paintng in the Twentieth Century, Volume 1, 1900-1949, Gunagxi, China, 2001 (illustrated, p. 211). Beijing Art Photography Publisher, Twentieth Century Chinese Oil Painting I-2, PRC Ministry of Culture & China Oil Painting Club (Ed.), Beijing, China, 2004 (illustrated). Jaingsu Publishing House, Qiu Ti, Jiangsu, China, 2006 (illustrated, p. 53). Documentary of Western Paintings in 20th Century China: Jielan Society, Cultural Art Publishing House, Beijing, China, 2010 (illustrated, pp. 135 & 146). New Star Press, Art Vanguard of the Republic: Portrait of Artists from the Jielan Society, Zang Jie, China, 2011 (illustrated, p. 131).

Provenance:

Christie's Hong Kong, 28 April 2002, Lot 163. Acquired from the above by the present owner.