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Chu Teh-Chun

Éclat passager

Estimate
HK$1,600,000 - 2,000,000
€182,000 - 227,000
$205,000 - 256,000
HK$2,750,000
Lot Details
oil on canvas
signed and dated 'Chu Teh-Chun [in Chinese and Pinyin] 07' lower right; further signed, titled and dated '"Eclat Passager" Chu Teh-Chun [in Pinyin and Chinese] 2007' on the reverse
80.8 x 100 cm. (31 3/4 x 39 3/8 in.)
Painted in 2007, this work is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist's wife, Chu Ching-Chao.
Catalogue Essay
"Chu Teh-Chun’s painting appears to me as a mental enigma, a theatre where moving shadows act without revealing their secret: the image leads to a perpetual Elsewhere which remains both elusive and irrevocably present." Pierre Restany on Chu Teh-Chun

Éclat passager displays the artist’s meticulous artistry with its elaborate details filling the composition mapped across the entire canvas. With the artist’s dexterous mastery of the contrasts between light and dark, the work fully conveys the poetic essence of traditional Chinese ink painting. The unbridled, broad brushstrokes roam in the background, while the foreground is enriched with colours, embodying the height of pastoral beauty.

Chu Teh-Chun

Chinese/FrenchBrowse Artist