Yee Bon

Lot 1024: YEE BON

Name: YEE BON
Brand: Christie's
SKU: d6b96ae595

Est: $400,000 HKD - $600,000 HKDSold:

Christie'sHong Kong, Hong KongNovember 26, 2011

Item Overview

Description

YEE BON
(YU BEN, Chinese, 1905-1995)
Going to the Fields
signed in Chinese (lower left); signed 'YEE BON' in Pinyin; titled in Chinese; dated '1938' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas, laid on masonite
79.5 x 93.8 cm. (31 3/8 x 36 7/8 in.)
Painted in 1938

Artist or Maker

Yee Bon

Exhibited

Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Culture Series: The Art of Yee Bon (1905-1995), co-sponsored by the Hong Kong Arts Centre and the Guangdong Painting Academy, 5-16 December 1996.

Provenance

Sotheby's Taipei, 13 April 1997, Lot 23
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Notes

Auction Details

Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale)

Christie's

November 26, 2011, 12:00 AM ChST

2203-8 Alexandra House 16-20 Chater Road, Hong Kong, HK

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