Lot  6 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2007

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2007

East Coast Episode of a Trip to Hualien

CHENG Tsai-tung (ZHENG Zaidong) (Taiwanese, 1953)

1992

Oil on canvas

65 x 80 cm

Estimate

TWD 160,000-280,000

HKD 37,800-66,100

USD 4,800-8,500

Sold Price

TWD 259,600

HKD 62,660

USD 8,046


Signature

Signed lower left Cheng Tsai-tung in Chinese and dated '92

EXHIBITED:


Cheng Tsai-tung - A Trip to Hualien, County Culture Center, Hualien, 1992

+ OVERVIEW

In 1991, Cheng Tsai Tung started to paint Taiwan landscapes with regional features and culture essences from a humanist perspective. After "Northern Wilderness" from 91 and "Pei Tou Affairs" which received Hsiung-Shih Creative Award in 92, Cheng went to Hualien where lies within a vast expanse of sea and sky at the east shore of Taiwan, and created "Hualien Traveling" series or works.

This piece has adapted the layered coloring technique, barely visible lines filled within the picture, separate the canvas into different blocks with base colors in blue and green, those charming sienna and bright green entwined, as if the time stopped at that moment, allowing the viewer having enough time to connect himself into the picture, being the character of the picture, dreams under the blue sky.

Related Info

The 20th & 21st Century Chinese Art, Korean Contemporary Art

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2007

Sunday, December 2, 2007, 12:00am