He Dan
Memory Of People(Painted In 2003)
Found at
China Guardian,
Hong Kong
Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art, Lot 628
29. May - 29. May 2017
Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art, Lot 628
29. May - 29. May 2017
Estimate: 65.000 - 100.000 HKD
Price realised: 76.700 HKD
Price realised: 76.700 HKD
Description
Oil on canvas
140 x 189 cm. 55 1/8 x 74 3/8 in.
Signed in Chinese and English and dated on lower right，
titled on back of the frame.
Literature：
Lingnan Art Publishing House， Guangdong， China， Third China National Exhibition of Oil Paintings， 2008， p.185；
People’s Fine Arts Publishing House， Beijing， China， He Dan， 2001.
He Dan was born in northern Shaanxi province and later went on to study in France. His style is steeped in Chinese culture， and he reminisced about the old folk songs of the loess land he once lived through the techniques and aesthetics of Western oil paintings. Most contemporary Chinese painters started out imitating works of masters who came before them. Contemporary painter Qi Baishi’s traditionally-rooted works， pre-Soviet realism oil p
Presented in this spring auction is a classic large-scale work from the artist. In the Memory of People， everyone， men and women， young and old， is seated around white dinner tables， eating or waiting to eat similar kinds of food. The landscape is a sprawling nothingness with only crowds of people who exist in the form of “piles”， conveying the absence of life and soul. The body and mind of humans， like sand and gravel， is in
140 x 189 cm. 55 1/8 x 74 3/8 in.
Signed in Chinese and English and dated on lower right，
titled on back of the frame.
Literature：
Lingnan Art Publishing House， Guangdong， China， Third China National Exhibition of Oil Paintings， 2008， p.185；
People’s Fine Arts Publishing House， Beijing， China， He Dan， 2001.
He Dan was born in northern Shaanxi province and later went on to study in France. His style is steeped in Chinese culture， and he reminisced about the old folk songs of the loess land he once lived through the techniques and aesthetics of Western oil paintings. Most contemporary Chinese painters started out imitating works of masters who came before them. Contemporary painter Qi Baishi’s traditionally-rooted works， pre-Soviet realism oil p
Presented in this spring auction is a classic large-scale work from the artist. In the Memory of People， everyone， men and women， young and old， is seated around white dinner tables， eating or waiting to eat similar kinds of food. The landscape is a sprawling nothingness with only crowds of people who exist in the form of “piles”， conveying the absence of life and soul. The body and mind of humans， like sand and gravel， is in
A top price for He Dan - as previously expected
The work Memory Of People(Painted In 2003) by He Dan was sold in the Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art auction at China Guardian in Hong Kong in May 2017. The price achieved of HKD 76,700.00 (€ 8,758.11) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as HKD 65,000.00 – 100,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Memory Of People(Painted In 2003) is the most expensive artwork by He Dan that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Memory Of People(Painted In 2003) von He Dan wurde im Mai 2017 in der Auktion Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art bei China Guardian in Hong Kong versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von HKD 76.700,00 (€ 8.758,11) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit HKD 65.000,00 – 100.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Memory Of People(Painted In 2003) das teuerste Kunstwerk von He Dan, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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