Marker on paper

32.5×24 cm. 12 3/4×9 1/2 in

Signed in Chinese and English on upper right

LITERATURE
1994, Chao Chung-Hsiang Posthumous Work Exhibition, National Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, p.88
PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist by original owner
Private Collection, Asia

Note： This work is registered in the Archive of Zeng Fanzhi Arts and Education Foundation, and will be included in the forthcoming Zeng Fanzhi Catalogue Raisonné.

Self-Portrait is a very important theme in my works. It appeared in all my big moment in life such as moving to Beijing, or while the Mask Series received great recognition, and when I was planning on my influential international exhibitions… I have paint self-portraits in every important stage of myself. It becomes a record to observe my own life experience. Sometimes I felt a lot of pressure, but artists would still like to live this way because they have their ways to solve the problems. Sometimes I felt sad, but when I got home I painted a small sketch, and suddenly I felt a lot better, it was like a reborn of myself. Thus, when I was painting a self-portrait, I let my self to memorize the past, to foresee the future, and to focus on this moment—and then I could understand myself better.
—Zeng Fanzhi

Price estimate:
HKD: 100, 000 - 180, 000
USD: 12, 800 - 23, 100

Auction Result:
HKD: 188,800