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LI CHEN (Chinese, B. 1963)
Lot 131

LI CHEN (Chinese, B. 1963)

Siddhartha

Closed29 November 2015

Price Realised

HKD 937,500

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LI CHEN (Chinese, B. 1963)
Siddhartha

signed in Chinese; signed and numbered 'Li Chen 5/8' (at the back of the work); dated '2000' (near the left foot)
bronze sculpture
86.5 x 53 x 47 cm. (34 x 20 7/8 x 18 1/2 in.)
edition 5/8
Executed in 2000

Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, USA
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005
Private collection, France
The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity

Specialist note

Siddhartha Gautama is the founder of Buddhism, who blesses and protects the pure in heart. Also known as Sakyamuni, he is an embodiment of love, purity and sincere honesty. The figure of Siddhartha (Lot 131) assumes a sitting position, holding a child and a stalk of lotus in hand. According to Li Chen, the child in Siddhartha's hand represents the self in every viewer. After all, everyone used to be a child.