Live Auction 2907Asian Contemporary Art (Day Sale)
QIU YACAI
Lot 2580

QIU YACAI

Closed27 May 2012

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HKD 275,000

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QIU YACAI
(CH'IU YA-TS'AI, Chinese, B. 1949)
Young Aristocrat
signed in Chinese (lower left)
oil on canvas
98.6 x 80.2 cm. (38 7/8 x 31 1/2 in.)

Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Acquired from the above by the previous owner
Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2010, Lot 1774
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

In The Young Aristocrat (Lot 2580), one of the very few nude portraits by Qiu Yacai, the sparse, deliberate brushstrokes and unvarnished soft colours convey a sense of elegance and sensuality, yet tinged with a remote sense of solitude, in the reclining figure. Qiu's exploration of the human psyche is fully rendered in this natural and clean presentation of this classical subject, which melds together the essence in form and spirit valued in Chinese literati painting.