LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

51.18 in. (130.00 cm.) (height) by 66.93 in. (170.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Chinese and dated 1985.3 on the reverse

Condition:

framed

Exhibited:

China, Beijing, National Art Museum of China, National Youth Art Exhibition, May, 1985, Outstanding Award

Literature:

International Youth Year selected Works of Art, International Youth Year China Organizing Committee, Beijing, China, 1985, p.15; 'List of Awarded pieces from National Youth Art Exhibition', Meishu, July, 1985, p.14; Chinese Oil Painting, Issue 8, 1985, cover p.3; Gao Minglu, 'The Comparison of Three Levels: Graduate works from Sichuan Fine Arts InstituteI', Meishu, October, 1985, p.11; Yi Xiaowu, 'Symbolist Elements in Contemporary Art', Meishu, October, 1985, p.2; Fei Wei, 'Contemporary Art at Low Tide', Meishu, 1986, p.20; Gao Minglu, 'On Rational Painting', Meishu, August, 1986, p.42; Wei Qimei, 'They are in the Wave', Art Research, Janurary, 1987, p.15; Classical Painting, Lijiang Publishing Limited, Guangxi, China, p.10; Gao Minglu, China Contemporary Art History1985-1986, Shanghai, China, Shanghai People's Publishing House, 1991, p.74; Lü Peng and Yi Dan, China Modern Art History, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 1992, p.112; Gao Minglu, Chinese Avant-Garde Art, Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House, Jiangsu, China, 1997,p.112; Yi Ying, From Glorys of Hero to the Ordinary World: New Thoughts on Chinese Modern Art, China Remin University Press, Beijing, China, November, 2004, p.120-121; Gao Minglu, The Wall: Reshaping Chinese Contemporary Art, China Remin University Press, Beijing, China, 2006, p.71; Liu Chun, History of Chinese Oil Painting, China Youth Publishing House, 2005, p.284; Gao Minglu ed, The '85 Movement ¿ , Guangxi, China, Guangxi Normal University Press, 2008, p.328; Lü Peng, A History of Art in 20th-Century China, Peking University Press, Beijing, China, 2009, p.757; Chinese Contemporary Art Catalogue: Painting, Oil Paiting vol.1, Shanghai Shuhua Press, Shanghai, China, 2010, p.75; Lü Peng, Thirty Years of Adventures: Art and Artists Post 1979, Timezone 8, 2010, p.33; Li Guijun, Jilin Fine Arts Publishing House, Jilin, China, 2011, p.1; Beijing Youth Weekly, issue 13, 2012

Provenance:

Private Collection, China