Lot 215: LI HUAYI

B. 1948
LANDSCAPE

LANDSCAPE

25 1/2 by 49 1/4 in. 64.8 by 125.1 cm.

signed Li Huayi in Chinese and with one seal of the artist

ink and color on paper

Executed in 1999.

PROVENANCE

Kaikodo, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

EXHIBITED

San Francisco, Asian Art Museum, The Monumental Landscapes of Li Huayi, February - May 2004, pp. 88-89, illustrated in color

NOTE

"After nearly ten years of exploring abstraction combined with elements from early Chinese art, I felt I was ready to create something new in the most important Chinese painting theme: landscape. Not just landscapes, but monumental landscapes like those done during the Northern Song dynasty. I want my paintings to feel contemporary.... I think being contemporary means communicating your spirit...and being true to yourself and your time."
- (Michael Knight and Li Huayi, The Monumental Landscapes of Li Huayi, San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2004)