Yue Minjun (b. 1962) Big Ear

Lot 455. signed and dated 'Yue Minjun; 92; in Pinyin (lower left) - oil on canvas - 190 x 200 cm. (74¾ x 78¾ in.) - Painted in 1990 - Estimate: HK$5,500,000-7,000,000 (US$705,100-897,400)

Provenance : Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China

Literature : Faces Behind the Bamboo Curtain: Works by Yue Minjun and Yang Shaobin, exh cat., Schoeni Art Gallery Ltd, Hong Kong, China, 1994, p. 13. (illustrated)
Hebei Education Press, Yue Minjun-The Lost Self, Hebei, China, 2005, p. 49. (illustrated)

Exhibition : Hong Kong, China, Schoeni Art Gallery Ltd, Faces Behind the Bamboo Curtain: Works by Yue Minjun and Yang Shaobin, 1994.

Christie's. Asian Contemporary Art. 25 November 2007. Grand Hall (New Wing) Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre.