Lot  228 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2022 Taipei

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2022 Taipei

The Doodle Wave

Mr Doodle (British, 1994)

2019

Acrylic on canvas

80 x 130 cm

Estimate

TWD 2,400,000-4,000,000

HKD 596,000-993,000

USD 75,900-126,500

CNY 538,000-897,000

Sold Price

TWD 3,600,000

HKD 916,031

USD 117,686

CNY 827,586


Signature

Signed on the reverse MR DOODLE! and dated 2019

EXHIBITED
Mr Doodle Invades Sotheby’s, Sotheby’s S2 Gallery, Hong Kong, December 6 -19, 2019

ILLUSTRATED
Mr Doodle Invades Sotheby’s, Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 2019, no.15, pp. 27-28

+ OVERVIEW

British talented artist Mr Doodle was born in Kent, England in 1994. With a marker pen, he has swept the world with densely laid out yet simple graffiti lines. Mr Doodle's works full of British hippies and humor have also won him numerous fans. In his graffiti world, inspired by contemporary popular elements or daily life experiences, a variety of strange characters, symbols, vivid fantasy and stories present his cosmology, it is also filled with a range of novelty, fun, joy and uniqueness.



The prototype of “The Doodle Wave” is originated from a ukiyo-e masterpiece “The Great Wave of Kanagawa” created by the famous Edo Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai in the early 19th century. There are two iconic symbols in the original work, which are the sacred mountain in the hearts of the Japanese, Mount Fuji and the sea that they live on. This masterpiece also inspired many great painters and musicians of Western Impressionism and Post- Impressionism, such as Manet, Monet, Van Gogh etc. The composition of the picture follows the classic layout of the original work: a huge ocean wave is outlined with black lines in the center, surrounded by layers of yellow, green and white lines, which sketch the waves, Mount Fuji, fish, elves under the sea, boats and boatmen struggling with nature. The whole picture symbolizes the spirit and integrity of the Japanese ethnic, as well as the courageous fight between mankind and mother nature. The essence and ambience of unremitting selfimprovement is displayed through forging ahead bravely while riding against the wind and waves, this vitality is nevertheless more and more apparently valuable under the times of global pandemic.
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Ravenel Autumn Auction 2022 Taipei

Sunday, December 4, 2022, 2:00pm