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CHEONG SOO PIENG (1917-1983)
Lot 269

CHEONG SOO PIENG (1917-1983)

Exploit in Black

Closed11 July 2020

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HKD 1,375,000

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CHEONG SOO PIENG (1917-1983)
Exploit in Black
signed in Chinese (lower left); titled, signed and dated ‘4 EXPLOIT IN BLACK Soo Pieng 1963’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
81 x 102 cm. (31 7/8 x 40 1/8 in.)
Painted in 1963

Acquired in Paris in the 1960s
Thence by descent to the previous owner
Private Collection, USA

Specialist note

“It is creation of harmony of colours and variations in tones which are my main objects in painting… Colours I particularly like are Crimson Lake and Black.”- Cheong Soo Pieng