Live Auction 15474Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
Lee Ufan (b. 1936)
Lot 165

Lee Ufan (b. 1936)

With Winds

Closed7 March 2018

Price Realised

GBP 175,000

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Lee Ufan (b. 1936)
With Winds
signed and dated 'L. Ufan 88'' (lower right); signed, titled and dated ‘With Winds 1988 Lee Ufan’ (on the reverse)

oil and mineral pigment on canvas
28 5/8 x 24in. (72.7 x 60.6cm.)
Executed in 1988

Private Collection, Japan.
Anon. sale, Mainichi Auction Tokyo, 8 December 2007, lot 816.
Private Collection, Europe.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.


Specialist note

‘The problem of expression changed into a problem of space. This is how the series “With winds” began, with the self-initiated rebellion of the hand and awareness of the unpainted ground as externality… an infinite unknown spread out within the painting.’
–Lee Ufan