Lot  95 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2009 Taipei

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2009 Taipei

Do You Like My Tiger Cat?

Walasse TING (Chinese-American, 1929 - 2010)

1985

Acrylic on canvas

71 x 100 cm

Estimate

TWD 1,200,000-2,200,000

HKD 282,000-518,000

USD 36,700-67,300

Sold Price

TWD 2,280,000

HKD 549,398

USD 70,896


Signature

Titled on the reverse Do you like my tiger cat? in English, signed Ting in English and dated 1985

+ OVERVIEW

Walasse Ting's oil paintings often have a straightforward and lovely name, like a friend talking to you. Genuine and full emotions are his registered trademark, leading the audience directly into his deepest sensory world. According to Ting, there are no straight lines on a female body; all are beautiful lines and curves. The artist worships the youth of life using his artistic creation, in the hope of seizing the most beautiful moment of life.

This oil painting uses canvas as the media, which is rare and precious among his belle paintings. The calligraphic brush depicts the contoured outline and the full and rich acrylic colors fill the space encircled by the lines. Two young belles hold a pair of tiger cats in their arms; the cats and the belles have similar misty eyes, tame and colorful. In typical Walasse Ting style, the whole image is presented, conveying hustle and affluence in summer. Frequently seen in his paintings are parrots, cats, horses, peacocks, or golden carp; and Ting explains this is because they are all beautiful animations, just like the flowers and belles he likes best to paint. In other words, beautiful appearance is the focus in his paintings. Excessive theoretic analysis is not suitable for Ting's art. A visual feast, an overflowing beauty, and a pure sensory world cleanse the overly complex mentality of modern people.

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Modern & Contemporary Asian Art

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2009 Taipei

Sunday, December 6, 2009, 12:00am