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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 31, 2019 | Poly Auction | Hong Kong | Modern and Contemporary Art | 180 | $****** - ****** | Banyans and the Sea |
Works on Paper
95.5 x 112.5 cm (37.6 x 44.29 in)
Ink and colour on paper
two seals of the artist
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
USA, San Francisco, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, Wu Guanzhong: A Contemporary Chinese Artist, 10 July-19 August, 1989.
USA, Birmingham, Birmingham Museum of Art, Wu Guanzhong: A Contemporary Chinese Artist, 24 September-19 November, 1989.
USA, Kansas, Spencer Museum of Art, Wu Guanzhong: A Contemporary Chinese Artist, 21 January-4 March, 1990.
USA, Ithaca, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Wu Guanzhong: A Contemporary
Chinese Artist, 3 April-29 May, 1990.
USA, Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Wu Guanzhong: A Contemporary Chinese
Artist, 8 September-4 November, 1990.
Taiwan, Taipei, National Museum of History, Exhibition of Wu Guanzhong Paintings, 10 May-13 July, 1997.
Taiwan, Kaohsiung, Mountain Arts Museum, Exhibition of Wu Guanzhong Paintings, 19 July-14 September, 1997.
China, Beijing, Mountain Art Foundation+Frank Lin Art Center, Rhythm of Ink, 25 July-13 September, 2009.
Taiwan, Taipei, National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, The Joy of Collecting Art:
Lin Ming-Che's Art Collection, 25 April-25 May, 2014.
Wu Guanzhong: A Retrospective, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, China, 1987 (illustrated, plate 100, unpaginated). Wu Guanzhong: A Contemporary Chinese Artist, Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA, 1989 (illustrated, plate 34, p. 105). Wu Guanzhong Exhibition Catalogue, Guangxi Fine Arts Publishing House, Nanning, China, 1999 (illustrated, pp. 122-123). The Dialogues Outside of the Paintings-Wu Guanzhong, People's Literature Publishing House, Beijing, China, 1999 (illustrated, pp. 31-32). Wu Guanzhong-Shan Shui Ji Hen, Guangxi Fine Arts Publishing House, Nanning, China, 2003 (illustrated, p. 85). Wu Guanzhong Connosseurs' Choice I, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, China, 2003 (illustrated, pp. 228-229). Wen Xin Du Bai, Shandong Graphic Newspaper Publishing House, Jinan, China, 2006 (illustrated, p. 223). The Complete Works of Wu Guanzhong, Vol. IV, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, Changsha, China, 2007 (illustrated, pp. 174-175). Wu Guanzhong Book Series．Wen Xin Hua Yan, Tuan Jie Press, Beijing, China, 2008 (illustrated, p. 206). Wu Guanzhong Painting Collection Vol.II, Jiangxi Fine Arts Publishing House, Nanchang, China, 2008 (illustrated, pp. 306-307). Watching Sunrise-Wu Guanzhong's World in 66 Letters, China Construction Industry Press, Beijing, China, 2011 (illustrated, p. 139).
Painted in 1987
Ink and colour on paper
95.5×112.5 cm. (37 ½×44 ¼ in.)
two seals of the artist
