Sale 2605
Hong Kong
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25 May 2008
Price realised
HKD 583,500
Estimate
MAO XUHUI (Born in 1956) Rain Season, Scissors signed, titled and dated 'Mao Xuhui; Rain Season, Scissors; 2005.10' in Chinese (on reverse) oil on canvas 180 x 145 cm. (70 3/4 x 57 in.) Painted in 2005
Provenance
Jasmine Gallery, Singapore Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
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Literature
Xin Dong Cheng Publishing House, Mao Xuhui, Beijing, China, 2005, p. 274. (illustrated)
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