Auction | China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd.
2020 Autumn Auctions
Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art

161
Chen Ting-Shih (1913 - 2002)
Day and Night #50 (left), Day and Night #90 (middle), Day and Night #49 (right) (Set of 3 pieces)(Executed in 1980 (left, right); Executed in 1985 (middle))

Woodcut Print Edition: 7/40 (left); 1/60 (middle); 8/40(right)

左: 180.5 × 30.5 cm. 71 1/8 x 12 in.;中: 92 × 92 cm. 36 1/4 x 36 1/4 in.;右: 180 × 30 cm. 70 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.

Titled in English on bottom left, numbered on bottom center, signed in English and dated on bottom right (of each piece)
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Asia

The print of Chen Ting-Shih creates a gigantic flow, he used enormous shapes and concretes to define and indicate Chinese symbols such as mountain, river, sun, moon, inscriptions and oracles. Due to his constant study in Chinese calligraphy, he especially paid attention to create blank space with black and white colour. Intense ink symbolizes breaking the obstacles with ejected energy. The texture of the ink appeared to be smooth yet swirling, overwhelming with all the flows just came in a heartbeat.
——Taiwan Art Historian Lin Yu-Chun

Price estimate:
HKD: 90,000 – 120,000
USD: 11,600 – 15,500

Auction Result:
HKD: 106,200

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