RAVENEL AUTUMN AUCTION 2015 HONG KONG Modern and Contemporary Art 2015 AUCTION Sunday, 29 November 2015, 11:00 am Grand Hyatt Hong Kong (Grissini) 1 H

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2 RAVENEL AUTUMN AUCTION 2015 HONG KONG Modern and Contemporary Art 2015 AUCTION Sunday, 29 November 2015, 11:00 am Grand Hyatt Hong Kong (Grissini) 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong / :00 Grissini 1 PREVIEWS Taichung Saturday, 14 November 2015, 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Sunday, 15 November 2015, 11:00 am - 6:00 pm Fong-Yi Art Gallery (Next to the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts) No. 110, Sec. 1, Wuquan W. Rd., West Dist., Taichung, Taiwan Taipei Saturday, 21 November 2015, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Sunday, 22 November 2015, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Fubon International Conference Center B2, No. 108, Sec. 1, Dunhua South Road, Taipei, Taiwan Hong Kong Friday, 27 November 2015, 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm Saturday, 28 November 2015, 10:00 am - 7:00 pm Grand Hyatt Hong Kong (Grissini) 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong / :00 6: :00 6: :00 6: :00 6: B :00 7: :00 7:00 Grissini 1 As requested by the Buyer, we are delighted to offer the condition reports of all the auction items, provided, however, such items will be sold as is. In addition, the Buyer is requested to take note of the transaction agreement and the explanations of the provisions regarding the notice of no-guarantee. This auction catalogue: HK$ 500 per copy.

026 ZAO WOU-KI (Chinese-French, 1921-2013) 7.12.

3 026 ZAO WOU-KI (Chinese-French, ) Oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm Signed lower right Wou-ki in Chinese, and ZAO in French ILLUSTRATED: Gérard de Cortanze, Yves Bonnefy, Zao Wou-ki, La Difference / Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1998, color illustrated, p. 146 HK$ 8,500,000 - HK$ 13,000,000 NT$ 36,017,000 - NT$ 55,085,000 US$ 1,096,800 - US$ 1,677, x 92 cm ZAO / ZAO Wou-ki, , 1964, oil on canvas, 114 x 162 cm Ravenel Autumn Auction 2009 Taipei, US$ 4,925,373 sold x 162 cm 2009 NT$ 158,400,000

4 052 GU WENDA (Chinese, b. 1955) Mythos of Lost Dynasties Series J No Ink on paper x 76.6 cm Signed lower left Wenda, titled Mythos of Lost Dynasties Series J No.19, inscribed studio on Moganshan Road in Shanghai and dated Spring 2006 all in Chinese With two seals of the artist PROVENANCE: Private collection, USA HK$ 120,000 - HK$ 180,000 NT$ 508,000 - NT$ 763,000 US$ 15,500 - US$ 23,200 J x 76.6 cm J Gu Wenda was one of the leaders of the New Art Movement in China in In the early 1980s, he used misalignment and dismemberment in Chinese calligraphy to create ink wash paintings. He challenged the orthodoxy and influenced many artists subsequently. In his early years, Gu studied landscape painting from Lu Yan-shao but his subsequent artistic path diverged from traditional ink painting. His works continue to subvert and challenge our impressions of the genre. Lu remarked once that "Gu isn't just a horse, he's a wild stallion." Compared with the breakthroughs in both subject matter and medium achieved by popular contemporary ink paintings in recent years, Gu possesses a more profound understanding of the genre and is focused on achieving aesthetic breakthroughs. Since 1983, Gu has been committed to the deconstructed exploration of Chinese characters, calligraphy and ink wash painting. His Pseudo Character Series, a project Gu undertook in the new millennium, combined radicals and Chinese characters to form "Gu-style simplified characters" with traditional ink painting. The pictographic quality of Chinese characters contrasts and combines with the images in the background; there is a painting within characters and characters within the painting. In his works "Mythos of Lost Dynasties", the artist combines seal script calligraphy and his own original "simplified characters". The tangible landscape background is replaced with large patches of ink smudges and the pictographic quality of seal script complements the ink-smudged rice paper to create a certain balance. The picture is often divided into four portions at the center, using two thin red lines with the seal of the artist, ceasing any attempt by the viewer to understand the text

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8 071 VICTOR VASARELY (Hungarian-French, ) Tenger Oil on canvas 90 x 62 cm Signed on the bottom Vasarely Signed on the reverse Vasarely, titiled Tenger, inscribed 90 x 62 and dated 1958 (1988) EXHIBITED: Taiwan's Treasures: Western Art from Private Collections, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, October 6 - December 2, 2001 ILLUSTRATED: Taiwan's Treasures: Western Art from Private Collections, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, 2001, color illustrated, p x 62 cm Vasarely Vasarely "TENGER" 90 x (1988) HK$ 800,000 - HK$ 1,200,000 NT$ 3,390,000 - NT$ 5,085,000 US$ 103,200 - US$ 154,800 VICTOR VASARELY, THE "FATHER" OF THE OP ART MOVEMENT THE TERM "OP ART" (OPTICAL ART) DERIVES FROM THE EXHIBITION "THE RESPONSIVE EYE" THAT WAS HELD AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK IN 1965, WHICH WAS THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE EXHIBITION TO PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC THIS NEW FORM OF ART, FEATURING PRECISE COMPOSITIONS BASED ON THE USE OF SCIENTIFIC METHODS TO ANALYZE COLOR, AND ON COMPLEX NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS; WORKS WHICH, WHEN VIEWED BY THE NAKED EYE, OFTEN CREATE OPTICAL ILLUSIONS OR A SENSE OF MOVEMENT. FOLLOWING THIS EXHIBITION, VICTOR VASARELY CAME TO BE UNIVERSALLY ACCLAIMED AS THE "FATHER OF OP ART."

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10 072 YAYOI KUSAMA (Japanese, b. 1929) Bird 1989 Acrylic on canvas 38 x 45.5 cm Signed on the reverse Yayoi Kusama, titled Bird in Japanese, and dated 1989 This painting is to be sold with a registration card issued by the Yayoi Kusama Studio (No. 0868). HK$ 900,000-1,400,000 NT$ 3,814,000 - NT$ 5,932,000 US$ 116,100 - US$ 180, x 45.5 cm 1989 Yayoi Kusama 0868 Yayoi KUSAMA, Field End, 1989, acrylic on canvas, 38 x 45.5 cm Ravenel Spring Auction 2015 Taipei, US$ 318,963 sold x 45.5 cm 2015 NT$ 9,840,000

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12 073 ANSELM KIEFER (German, b. 1945) Ave Maria, Mater Castissima 2007 Oil, acrylic, shellac, iron, roses, lead, clay and cardboard on plywood under glass 215 x 141 cm Titled in the center Ave Maria, Mater Castissima HK$ 2,800,000 - HK$ 4,200,000 NT$ 11,864,000 - NT$ 17,797,000 US$ 361,300 - US$ 541, x 141 cm Ave Maria, Mater Castissima

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14 078 SAM FRANCIS (American, ) Untitled, SF Acrylic on paper 49.5 x 35.5 cm Stamped on the reverse Sam Francis, inscribed Del /16 x 13 7/8'' SF '' x 19 1/2'' With one stamp of the Sam Francis Estate on the reverse This painting has been registered with the Sam Francis Foundation in the number of SF HK$ 140,000 - HK$ 220,000 NT$ 593,000 - NT$ 932,000 US$ 18,100 - US$ 28,400 SF x 35.5 cm Sam Francis Del /16 x 13 7/8'' SF '' x 19 1/2'' The Sam Francis Estate SF Sam Francis is one of the American abstract expressionist painters most deeply influenced by European tradition. In the 1950s, he traveled and lived in Paris, where he was influenced by the artist Jean-Paul Riopelle. The works of Matisse and Monet s Water Lilies series also inspired him greatly. His color palette, originally dark and dull, became brighter, more colorful, and more adventurous, resulting in many works with large areas of whiteness. His compositions are influenced by styles from three major continents the eastern ideology of Zen from Buddhism has had an especially significant influence on him. Ink splashing is a technique employed in his works, a magnificent expression of strong and bright colors. The color blue rose into prominence starting from Besides the use of colors, Francis also has a strong grasp of the use of space, light and air. Francis has extensive knowledge of music, poetry, psychology, and even technology. This knowledge makes his artwork rich and harmonious, bold yet subtle. The liquid style and literary space, infused into vibrant colors, produce a strong tension in an explosive momentum

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