La Montagne Sans Ombre (The Mountain without Shadow)
Details
RHEE SEUNDJA (1918-2009)
La Montagne Sans Ombre (The Mountain without Shadow)
signed and dated 'SEUND JA RHEE 62' (lower right); signed in Korean, signed again, titled, inscribed, and dated '"LA MONTAGNE SANS OMBRE" 62 120 CM RANELAGH SEUND JA RHEE SEUND JA RHEE' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
95.8 x 193.5 cm. (37 3/4 x 76 1/8 in.)
Painted in 1962
La Montagne Sans Ombre (The Mountain without Shadow)
signed and dated 'SEUND JA RHEE 62' (lower right); signed in Korean, signed again, titled, inscribed, and dated '"LA MONTAGNE SANS OMBRE" 62 120 CM RANELAGH SEUND JA RHEE SEUND JA RHEE' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
95.8 x 193.5 cm. (37 3/4 x 76 1/8 in.)
Painted in 1962
Provenance
Galerie Charpentier, Paris
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
Private collection
K Auction Seoul, 25 March 2009, lot 13
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
Private collection
K Auction Seoul, 25 March 2009, lot 13
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Korean Abstract Paintings, exh. cat., Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, 2015 (illustrated, p.228-229).
Seundja Rhee 1918 - 2009, Maronie Books, Korea, 2018 (illustrated, plate 38, unpaged).
Seundja Rhee 1918 - 2009, Maronie Books, Korea, 2018 (illustrated, plate 38, unpaged).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Seundja Rhee, October 1968.
Seoul, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Zeitgeist, November 2013 – April 2014.
Seoul, Gallery Hyundai, March – April 2015
Gwacheon, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, The 100th anniversary of Birth SeundJa Rhee: Road to the Antipodes, March – July 2018.
Seoul, Gallery Hyundai, Rhee Seundja, September – October 2018.
Daejeon, Museum of Lee Ungno, Korean Artists in Paris, October – December 2018.
Seoul, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Zeitgeist, November 2013 – April 2014.
Seoul, Gallery Hyundai, March – April 2015
Gwacheon, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, The 100th anniversary of Birth SeundJa Rhee: Road to the Antipodes, March – July 2018.
Seoul, Gallery Hyundai, Rhee Seundja, September – October 2018.
Daejeon, Museum of Lee Ungno, Korean Artists in Paris, October – December 2018.
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