PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG COLLECTOR (LOT 1045)
LIU KUO-SUNG (LIU GUOSONG, B. 1932)
Tibetan Suite Series No. 201
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LIU KUO-SUNG (LIU GUOSONG, B. 1932)
Tibetan Suite Series No. 201
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
92 x 185 cm. (36 ¹/₄ x 72 ⁷/₈ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated 2013
NOTE:This work will be included in the forthcoming Liu Kuo-sung Catalogue Raisonne. (Information provided by The Liu Kuo-sung Foundation)
Tibetan Suite Series No. 201
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
92 x 185 cm. (36 ¹/₄ x 72 ⁷/₈ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated 2013
NOTE:This work will be included in the forthcoming Liu Kuo-sung Catalogue Raisonne. (Information provided by The Liu Kuo-sung Foundation)
Provenance
Christie’s Hong Kong, The Best of the Best Exhibition, 2014.
Exhibition
Christie’s Hong Kong, The Best of the Best Exhibition, 28 February-15 March 2014.
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More than two decades later, Liu pushed his boundary further and reformulated his cursive script calligraphy series from the 1960s to depict the most spectacular, realistic, and touching landscape paintings of snow mountains in Tibet. During the summer of 2000, Liu gave a lecture in Tibet and on the same trip, he embarked on a journey to reach Everest Base Camp. After several days’ journey, Liu experienced the spectacular magic of the mountains revealing itself in front of his eyes. As sunlight shone through the peaks shrouded by clouds, the majestic mountains shifted in and out of visibility where the sweeping vista greatly enraptured the artist.
Liu began to work on the Tibetan Suite series based on what he saw from this fulfilling journey. Utilizing the technique from his Cursive Script Calligraphy series from the 1960s, Liu tore strands of fibre out from textured paper to outline the mountains in white. The Tension of the White Lines, a phrase often used by Liu to promote his innovative technique, is perfectly manifested in these paintings. Through repeatedly painting, creasing and peeling on both sides of the paper, Liu paints atmospheric snowy mountains with their topography shown through the crisscrossing white lines set against the dark, expansive backdrop of a Tibetan sky.
Liu began to work on the Tibetan Suite series based on what he saw from this fulfilling journey. Utilizing the technique from his Cursive Script Calligraphy series from the 1960s, Liu tore strands of fibre out from textured paper to outline the mountains in white. The Tension of the White Lines, a phrase often used by Liu to promote his innovative technique, is perfectly manifested in these paintings. Through repeatedly painting, creasing and peeling on both sides of the paper, Liu paints atmospheric snowy mountains with their topography shown through the crisscrossing white lines set against the dark, expansive backdrop of a Tibetan sky.
荣誉呈献
Carmen Shek Cerne (石嘉雯)
Vice President, Head of Department, Chinese Paintings