Liu Dan

Lot 225. Liu Dan, Scholar's Rock in the Xiao Gushan Guan Collection, ink on paper, framed, painted in 2022, signed, titled and inscribed in Chinese, marked with one seal of the artist, 47 by 68 cm, 18½ by 26¾ in. Lot sold: £94,500 (Estimate: £50,000 - 80,000). © 2022 Sotheby's. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist. Note: As an intellectual painter, Liu Dan chooses to portray subjects that seem deceptively simple in form, yet upon further inspection, or realisation of physical... [Lire la suite]

    © Christie's Images Ltd 2022. NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s will present The Collection of Pierre Durand on January 27, a live sale featuring the fine and decorative arts of the late philanthropist and collector who co-founded The Chinese Porcelain Company. The auction is comprised of 243 lots from the contents of Pierre Durand’s New York apartment on Fifth Avenue, which artistically combined walls of gallery-hung Old Master Drawings with contemporary glass by Yoichi Ohira, and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3685. Liu Dan (B. 1953), Untitled Poppy flower, signed Liu Dan, with one seal of the artist, ink on paper, framed, 107.5 by 77.5 cm., 42 1/4  by 30 1/2  in. Executed in 2000. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,960,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance:  Acquired from the Chinese Porcelain Company in March, 2000. Sotheby's. Contemporary Literati — A Gathering, Hong Kong, 07  april 2014

Lot 3640. Liu Dan (B. 1953), Poppies in early summer in Manhattan, signed Liu Dan, dated 1992 Chu Xia (early summer), inscribed and with one seal of the artist, ink and colour on paper, framed, 68.5 by 57 cm., 27 by 22 1/2  in. Estimate 650,000 — 950,000 HKD. Lot sold 2,560,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist in 2004. Sotheby's. Contemporary Literati -- A Gathering, Hong Kong, 07 april 2014

Lot 3057. Liu Dan (B. 1953), Rock, ink on paper, inscribed Su Dongpo ju and signed by Liu Dan, and with one seal of the artist, framed. Executed in 1994; 43 by 38 cm, 16 7/8  by 15 in. Estimate 900,000 — 1,200,000 HKD . Lot sold 1,625,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2018 Provenance: Gifted to the China Institute by Liu Dan.Acquired from a China Institute charity auction in 1995. Sotheby's. Curiosity IV. Hong Kong, 02 Apr 2018, 10:30 AM

Lot 3027. An Impressive Allosaurus Dinosaur Skull, Late Jurassic Period, Wyoming, USA, approx. 79.8cm. Est. HK$2.2 – 2.8 million / US$284,000 – 361,000. Photo: Sotheby's. HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong will present Curiosity III on 4 April at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The sale offers a total of 76 lots estimated in excess of HK$50 million / US$6.4 million *. Curiosity III features a gathering of objects formed by nature and man-made, a cross between the Western cabinet of curiosities and... [Lire la suite]

HONG KONG - Christie’s Hong Kong auctions of Chinese Contemporary Ink, Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy and Fine Chinese Modern Paintings held on 28 and 29 November realised a combined total of *HK$513,088,750 / US$66,454,971 . The Chinese Contemporary Ink sale which took place on 28 November 2016 and totalled HK$19,495,000 / US$2,524,459. The top lot for the sale was Scholar’s Rock by Liu Dan, which realised HK$ 3,660,000 / US$... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2860. Liu Dan (B.1953), Lingbi Rock, signed DAN, inscribed, and with one seal of the artist, ink on paper, hanging scroll, 36.4 by 35.5 cm, 14 3/8  by 14 in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD. Lot sold 875,000 HKD.  Photo Sotheby's Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist. Sotheby's. Literati / Curiosity II, Hong Kong, 05 Apr 2016

Lot 3020. Liu Dan (B. 1953), Spirit Rock. Scroll, mounted and framed. Ink on paper, 52 x 136 cm. (20 ½ x 53 ½ in.). Estimate HK$1,800,000 – HK$2,800,000 ($232,889 - $362,272). Price Realized HK$6,280,000 ($812,523). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. “One of the main paradoxes of Liu Dan’s work is that the ‘form of no-form’ or wu xing is achieved not through the blurry and vague but through the precise and clear… The precise is not a means of capturing or affirming appearance... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3213. A fine and exceedingly rare faux bois and grisaille-decorated ‘landscape’ brush pot, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue in a circle and of the period (1723-1735). Estimate Upon Request. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. The brush pot is delicately painted in grisaille enamels with a continuous landscape scene resembling a hand scroll depicting scholars in leisurely pursuits, one in his study seated inside a pavilion nestled among trees; two conversing on a... [Lire la suite]