Young Boy and Lacoste

Details

LIU YE (B. 1964)
Young Boy and Lacoste
signed '©LIU YE' (lower left)
acrylic and pencil on canvas
50 x 40 cm. (19 5⁄8 x 15 3⁄4 in.)
Painted in 2005

Provenance

Lacoste 1212 Charity Ball, Shanghai Art Museum, 2005
Private collection (acquired at the above sale)
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 October 2008, lot 319
Private collection
Borobudur Art Auction, Singapore, 11 October 2009, lot 204
Private collection
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7 October 2020, lot 596
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Shanghai Art Museum, Lacoste 1212 Charity Ball, 2005.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

“I have always felt that every moment of my life is lived in a fairy-tale world.” - Liu Ye

“I may use certain references to things that influenced me as a child… But these subjects, my ‘little people,’ are used to describe my world today and certainly far removed from childhood.” - Liu Ye

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