Lot  240 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2008 Taipei

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2008 Taipei

Heaven and Earth Destiny

Yuyu YANG (YANG Ying-feng) (Taiwanese, 1926 - 1997)

1987

Stainless steel, edition no. 18/20

77(L) x 55(W) x 88(H) cm

Estimate

TWD 1,500,000-2,200,000

HKD 366,000-537,000

USD 46,900-68,800

Sold Price

TWD 1,416,000

HKD 327,021

USD 42,218


Signature

Signed on the base Ying-feng in Chinese, dated '87, numbered 18/20

EXHIBITED:


Yang Ying-Feng Kaohsiung 92 Exhibition, Ta Chong Bank Main Bank, Kaohsiung, April 2 - April 11, 1992

ILLUSTRATED:


Landscape Contentment - Yang Ying-Feng, Hsiung Shih Publishers, Taipei, color illustrated, pp. 126-127

Yang Ying-Feng Anthology, Vol.1, Artist's Publishers, Taipei,color illustrated, pp. 303-304

This sculpture is to be sold with a ceriicate of authenticity issued by Yuyu Yang Foundation, Taipei.

+ OVERVIEW

This work was completed in 1987, and is a art of Yuyu Yang's stainless steel "Cosmos Series." The phrase "heaven and earth" is he way that Chinese describe all of nature, nd it is a way to describe the beauty of symmetry" and "completeness." It also has feeling of being vast and unlimited. The Chinese concept of Yin and Yang is concisely ontained in this phrase, including form and ormless, real objects and formless spirit, he self and perfect oneness. Yuyu Yang has lways liked to find creative inspiration in he contemplation of this concept. Between eaven and earth exist all the vast mysteries f the cosmos, stretching without limits, timulating eternal glory, attracting and issipating karma, filling the cosmos with azzling beauty. It is "destiny" to complete he propagation of life, the lourishing hopes f countless "contented lives."

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Ravenel Autumn Auction 2008 Taipei

Sunday, December 7, 2008, 12:00am