Lot 559: YU YOUHAN | The Lowly are the Most Intelligent, the Elite are the Most Ignorant

Name: YU YOUHAN | The Lowly are the Most Intelligent, the Elite are the Most Ignorant
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: ee142eb8d5
Price: 1200000 HKD

Est: $1,500,000 HKD - $2,500,000 HKDSold:

Sotheby'sHong Kong, ChinaApril 01, 2018

Item Overview

Description

signed in Chinese and dated 95, framed

Dimensions

150 by 113.8 cm; 59 by 44¾ in.

Artist or Maker

Yu Youhan

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Exhibited

Scotland, Edinburgh, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Reckoning with the Past: Contemporary Chinese Painting, 3 August - 28 September 1996 (toured to Lisbon, Portugal and 9 different venues in New Zealand until 1999), p. 1
UK, London, Saatchi Gallery, Post Pop: East Meets West, 26 November 2014 - 3 March 2015, p. 296

Provenance

Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist by the present owner)
Christie's, Hong Kong, 28 May 2016, lot 66
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Payment & Shipping

Payment

Accepted forms of payment: Other, Personal Check, Visa

Shipping

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Auction Details

Contemporary Art Day Sale

Sotheby's

April 01, 2018, 01:00 PM HKT

5/F One Pacific Place, Hong Kong, Admiralty, -, CN

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Terms

Live bidding may start higher or lower

Buyer's Premium

$1 - 2,400,000:25.0%

$2,400,001 - 22,500,000:20.0%

$22,500,001+:12.9%

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