LOT DETAILS

Materials:

four oil on canvas

Size Notes:

1; 2: 64.5 x 100 cm; 3: 64.5 x 99.5 cm; 4: 63.5 x 99.5 cm

Markings:

Nanpu Bridge: signed 'LIU DAHONG' in Pinyin (upper middle); signed in Chinese; signed 'Liu Da Hong' in Pinyin; dated '96.4.3' (lower left); West Lake: signed 'Liu Da Hong' (lower middle); signed in Chinese; dated '97' (lower right); Wenge Bridge: signed 'Liu Da Hong' in Pinyin; dated '1966' (middle left); signed and inscribed in Chinese; dated '1996' (lower right); & A Middle-aged Air Hostess: signed in; Chinese; dated '95' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Nanpu Bridge ; & A Middle-aged Air Hostess Edinburgh, Scotland, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Reckoning with the Past: Contemporary Chinese Painting , 3 August-28 September 1996. (toured to Lisbon, Portugal and 9 different venues in New Zealand until 1999.)

Literature:

The Fruitmarket Gallery, Reckoning with the Past: Contemporary Chinese Painting , exh. cat., Edinburgh, Scotland, 1996 (A Middleaged Air Hostess illustrated, p. 49; & Nanpu Bridge illustrated, p. 51). doART Beijing, Liu Dahong 1988-2008 , exh. cat., Beijing, China, 2008 (illustrated, pp. 232, 237, 238 & 241)

Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner