Lot 134
Soothing Breezes Floating Clouds
LI Chen (Taiwanese, 1963)
2005
Bronze, edition no. 3/8
43(L) x 36(W) x 80(H) cm
Estimate
TWD 3,800,000-4,800,000
HKD 977,000-1,234,000
USD 126,100-159,300
CNY 896,000-1,132,000
Sold Price
TWD 6,720,000
HKD 1,763,780
USD 227,334
CNY 1,592,417
Signature
EXHIBITED:
Li Chen - In Search of Spiritual Space, National Museum of China, Beijing, 2008
ILLUSTRATED:
Li Chen in 52nd Venice Biennale - Energy of Emptiness, Asia Art Center, Taipei, 2007, color illustrated, cover & pp. 173-177 (different sized version illustrated)
Li Chen in Beijing - In Search of Spiritual Space, Asia Art Center, Taipei, 2008, black-and-white illustrated, pp. 116-123 & p. 172 & p. 175 (different sized version illustrated)
+ OVERVIEW
Soothing Breezes Floating Clouds impresses an ideal world of "Early dusk, looking out into the void, the red sun sets, driving away the gray smoke ". as Li Chen writes. It is a creation infused with a sense of humor and an expansive inner harmony, a leisurely and spirited figure, with the air of a Taoist immortal floating in paradise. In a supremely moving manner, his auspicious fan directs a remote breeze. In his heavenly world he peacefully melts the boundless illusions.
Modern & Contemporary Asian Art
Ravenel Spring Auction 2020 Taipei
Sunday, July 19, 2020, 2:30pm