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The Massacre at Chios by 
																	 Yue Minjun

Yue Minjun

( Chinese, 1962 )

The Massacre at Chios

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Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

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Markings:

dated '1994'; signed in Chinese (lower left of the left panel)

Exhibited:

Bonn, Germany, Bonn Kunstmuseum, China!, 29 February-16 June 1996. Vienna, Austria, Vienna Kuenstlerhaus, China!, 1997. Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, China!, 1997. Copenhagen, Denmark, Charlottenborg, China!, 1997. Berlin, Germany, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, China!, 1997-1998. Warsaw, Poland, Zacheta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, China!, 1998.

Literature:

Kunstmuseum Bonn, China!, exh. cat., Bonn, Germany, 1996 (illustrated, pp. 62-63). Lu Peng, 90s Art China 1990-1999, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, Hunan, 2000 (display image illustrated, p. 102). Hebei Education Press, Today's Chinese Painters - Yue Minjun The Lost Self, Hebei, China, 2005 (illustrated, pp. 80-81). He Xiangning Art Museum, Reproduction Icons: Yue Minjun Works, 2004-2006, Guangdong, China, 2006 (illustrated, p. 12). Sichuan Arts Publishing House, Collected Edition of Chinese Oil Painter: Yue Minjun, Sichuan, China, 2006 (illustrated, pp. 48-49). Oriental Art, Issue No. 11, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China, 2006 (illustrated, p. 143). The National Art Museum of China, The Constructed Dimension - 2010 Chinese Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, Vol. II - Case Studies and Criticism, Beijing, China, 2010 (illustrated, p. 236).

Provenance:

Schoeni Art Gallery Ltd., Hong Kong, China. Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner. Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7 October 2007, Lot 617. Acquired from the above by the present owner.

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