Acrylic on canvas

150 × 100 cm. 59 × 39 3/8 in.

Painted in English and dated on the reverse

LITERATURE
2019, Mr Doodle Invades Sotheby's Selling Exhibition Catalogue, Sotheby's Hong Kong, Hong Kong
EXHIBITED
6 – 19 Dec 2019, Mr Doodle Invades Sotheby's Selling Exhibition, Sotheby's Hong Kong S|2 Gallery, Hong Kong

PROVENANCE
6 – 19 Dec 2019, Mr Doodle Invades Sotheby's Selling Exhibition, No. 45
Acquired directly by present private Asian collector from the above

Unconventional Graffiti, Recreate the Classics
At the end of 2019, Mr Doodle debuted in Hong Kong with a series of graffiti creations based on world-famous paintings. His self-reinterpretation enables the works to bloom the subversive and innovative charm of graffiti art, highly favored and resonated by the outside world.

Doodle Kahlo presented this time, is based on the most famous self-portrait of Mexican female painter Frida Kahlo, Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, showing the power of beauty with graffiti-like freedom. In the work, Kahlo's thorns necklace is transformed into a Doodle-style embracing imp with hands and feet connected, and the hummingbird decoration on the neck is replaced with cute graphics such as love and small flowers. The jungle background in the original work is now full of small creatures gathering together. The thriving green color tells the longing for love and beauty. And Mr Doodle uses hieroglyphic patterns to finely portray Kahlo's face and clothes. The love in the character's eyes restores Kahlo's desire for love, and the double snakes hidden in the hair creatively suggest that the protagonist's love of jungle life and the rising power of women. All of these show Mr Doodle's personal understanding and unlimited creative associations of masterpieces of art.

Price estimate:
HKD: 380,000 – 580,000
USD: 49,000 – 74,800

Auction Result:
HKD: 826,000