ZENG FANZHI (B. 1964)
Lot 137

ZENG FANZHI (B. 1964)

Mask Series 2000 No. 14

Closed2 December 2021

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HKD 6,490,000

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ZENG FANZHI (B. 1964)
Mask Series 2000 No. 14
signed in Chinese, signed and dated ‘2000 Zeng Fanzhi’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
70 x 50 cm. (27 1⁄2 x 19 5⁄8 in.)
Painted in 2000

Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
Private Collection
Christie’s London, 1 July 2008, lot 357
Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 October 2012, lot 822
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

“I intend to make it distinctly sumptuous, so that it becomes distinctly fictitious, almost resembling a stage backdrop. The way people gesticulate - much like waiting for someone to photograph them - is simply a way of self-comforting. Their hands, too, are a feigned, pompous makeup of the urbanites.” - Zeng Fanzhi