Live Auction 1124Modern British Art Day Sale
Richard Lin (Lin Show-Yu) (1933-2011)
Lot 110

Richard Lin (Lin Show-Yu) (1933-2011)

Parallel Forms (Brown/Black/White)

Closed11 July 2013

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GBP 16,250

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Richard Lin (Lin Show-Yu) (1933-2011)
Parallel Forms (Brown/Black/White)
signed, inscribed and dated '"PARALLEL FORMS (BROWN/BLACK/WHITE)"/SEPTEMBER 1969/RICHARD LIN' (on the backboard)
oil and collage on canvas
25¼ x 25 in. (64 x 63.5 cm.)

with Marlborough Fine Art, London, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

Lin and Tony Reichardt shared a London flat together in the 1960s and were to remain good friends. Reichardt recalls taking Joan Miró to visit Lin's studio one day and how the Spanish artist was astonished by Lin's ability to draw a perfect circle, free-hand.