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Lot 1485
WU GUANZHONG (1919-2010)
Ghosts of Pine Trees
Closed26 November 2013
Price Realised
HKD 6,640,000
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Specialist note
The Hong Kong Institute for the Promotion of Chinese Culture held an exhibition for Wu Guanzhong's works titled "Wu Guanzhong in the 90's" from 14-28 March, 1992, of which this present lot was included. Said of the artist at the time:
"Looking back and reflecting on my fifty years of artistic creation, my themes have evolved from human bodies to scenery and then back to human bodies; my techniques have changed from realistic painting, and then to abstractionism again. But despite all these similarly drastic changes, it is possible to trace the linkage between them. Looking ahead, the future is hazy, and one can only grope one's way but cannot pre-conceive one's path"
- Abstract from Wu Guanzhong in the 90's, p. 4
The proceeds from the sale of this painting will be used by the Institute to raise funds for the Jao Tsung-I Academy.
"Looking back and reflecting on my fifty years of artistic creation, my themes have evolved from human bodies to scenery and then back to human bodies; my techniques have changed from realistic painting, and then to abstractionism again. But despite all these similarly drastic changes, it is possible to trace the linkage between them. Looking ahead, the future is hazy, and one can only grope one's way but cannot pre-conceive one's path"
- Abstract from Wu Guanzhong in the 90's, p. 4
The proceeds from the sale of this painting will be used by the Institute to raise funds for the Jao Tsung-I Academy.