Lot  618 Ravenel Spring Auction 2013 Taipei

Ravenel Spring Auction 2013 Taipei

Lady with Parrots

Walasse TING (Chinese-American, 1929 - 2010)

c. 1970s

Acrylic on ricepaper

178.5 x 96 cm

Estimate

TWD 850,000-1,200,000

HKD 220,000-310,000

USD 28,400-40,100

Sold Price

TWD 1,560,000

HKD 404,145

USD 52,122


Signature

With one seal of the artist
PROVENANCE:
Former collection of Fong Leng, the Chinese-Dutch fashion designer (acquired in 1974)
Private collection, Amsterdam


+ OVERVIEW

Fong Leng is a female Chinese-Dutch designer. Her full name is Carla Maria Fong Leng Tsang, where Tsang is her Chinese surname. Fong Leng was born in Rotterdam in 1937. She often uses silk as the main material in her designs, and draws from Chinese motifs, such as panthers totems, injecting elaborate styles and drama into her works. She is most well-known for her collaboration with Dutch socialite Mathilde Willink. In 1984, Fong Leng also designed masstige jeans and clothes for Levi’s. Her works are collected by many Dutch museums. Fong Leng came to own Walasse Ting's “Lady with Parrots” in 1974. It was one of the artist’s early creations in his famous “lady” series. Its florid and exotic sentiment is close to Fong Leng’s tastes as a designer.


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Modern & Contemporary Asian Art

Ravenel Spring Auction 2013 Taipei

Sunday, June 2, 2013, 2:30pm