£8,000 - £10,000
Luo jie (b. 1968), imprisoned - mask, acrylic on canvas, 180 x 150 cm (190 x 160 cm framed), 2008.
provenance: arts futures group, hong kong. purchased for $215,000 hkd in 2012 by the present owner. includes certificate of authenticity, copy of official receipt of purchase and signed catalogue of the artist's work.
artist biography: born in november 1968, 1991 graduate from sichuan academy of fine arts. public collections: yuangong art museum shanghai qinghe art museum nanjing. luo jie is one of the most established and distinctive chinese contemporary artists in china. his works feature his iconic subject ‘rope man’ and expresses a kind of emotional nostalgia that entangled with life of modern metropolis. the profiles and lines of his works demonstrate the complex way of feelings and experiences in life that have often no beginning, nor end. - https://www.irancartoon.com/site/artists/luo-jie
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