Lot Essay
“We don't believe in taking staged photographs anymore; candid snapshots are the best. Following this line of thought, everything I paint just comes naturally.” – Liu Xiaodong
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Standing Upside-down
Price realised HKD 1,750,000
Estimate
HKD 800,000 – HKD 1,200,000
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LIU XIAODONG (B. 1963)
Standing Upside-down
Price realised HKD 1,750,000
Price realised HKD 1,750,000
Details
LIU XIAODONG (B. 1963)
Standing Upside-down
signed in Chinese and dated ‘1994. 1999.’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
174.3 x 119 cm. (68 5/8 x 46 7/8 in.)
Painted in 1994 and 1999
Standing Upside-down
signed in Chinese and dated ‘1994. 1999.’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
174.3 x 119 cm. (68 5/8 x 46 7/8 in.)
Painted in 1994 and 1999
Provenance
Anon. Sale, Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 April 2007, lot 143
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Works of Liu Xiaodong: 1990-2000, Beijing, China, 2000 (illustrated in B&W, plate 74, p. 54).
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