Live Auction 1690020th/21st Century Art Evening Sale
RICHARD LIN (LIN SHOW-YU, 1933-2011)
Lot 39

RICHARD LIN (LIN SHOW-YU, 1933-2011)

31 January 1973

Closed1 December 2021

Price Realised

HKD 2,125,000

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RICHARD LIN (LIN SHOW-YU, 1933-2011)
31 January 1973
signed and dated ‘Richard Lin 1973’ (on the stretcher); signed, titled, inscribed ‘PAINTING 31 JANUARY 1973 alum/oil/canvas 40”x50”’ (on the overlap)
oil and aluminium on canvas
102 x 127 cm. (40 1⁄8 x 50 in.)
Executed in 1973

Private Collection, Asia
Poly Auction Hong Kong, 4 April 2016, lot 156
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

The Estate of Richard LIN Show Yu confirms that this work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of the artist.

Specialist note

“White is the most ordinary yet prevalent, comforting yet unsettling, and sacred yet melancholic color. White comprises of various hues, from bold to subtle, heavy to light, transparent to translucent…shaping the various forms within the color, creating this enthralling enigma between spaces.” Richard Lin