Yue Minjun (b. 1962) Life

Lot 456. signed ,titled, numbered and dated 'Yue Minjun; Life; 1999' in Chinese & Pinyin (on reverse) - fifteen oil on canvas - 80 x 80 cm. (31½ x 31½ in.) x 15 pieces - Painted in 1999 (15) - Estimate: HK$7,000,000-9,000,000 (US$897,400-1,153,800)

Provenance : Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China

Literature : Hebei Education Press, Yue Minjun - The Lost Self, Hebei, China, 2005, pp. 94-95. (illustrated)
Sichuan Fine Arts Press, Chinese Oil Painters - Yue Minjun, Chengdu, China, 2006, pp. 52-53. (illustrated)

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

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