Lot 276: HONG LEI

B. 1960
AUTUMN IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY (WEST VERANDA OF THE HALL OF SUPREME HARMONY), AUTUMN IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY (EAST VERANDA OF THE HALL OF SUPREME HARMONY)

each: 18 1/2 by 23 1/4 in. 47 by 59 cm.

each signed and titled in Chinese, dated 1997, numbered AP 2/3, and embossed with a seal of the artist

chromogenic prints

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

PROVENANCE

Chambers Fine Art, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

EXHIBITED

Other examples exhibited:
New York, International Center of Photography and Asia Society; Chicago, Smart Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art; Seattle Art Museum; London, Victoria & Albert Museum, Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, 2004-2006, pp. 58-59, illustrated in color

LITERATURE

Zhang Zikang ed., Hong Lei: The Red should Languish and the Green Must Grow, Chengdu, 2006, pp. 83 and 101, illustrated in color