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Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Asian Art Autumn Sale 2015

Sotheby’s Hong Kong Autumn Sale Series 2015 will take place from 3 – 7 October at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This season, the Modern Asian Art category approaches the sale from an academic perspective, curating various special sections to be offered in the Modern and Contemporary Art Evening Sale and Modern Asian Art Day Sale. Dynamic Expressionism – Wu Dayu will lead the Evening Sale on 4 October, featuring five masterpieces by the founder of Modernism in Chinese art, in addition to his manuscripts and literature. Another highlight, Embodying the Dao of Martial Arts – Important Sculptures by Ju Ming from the Collection of Johnson Chang Tsong-Zung, will offer 26 works by the celebrated Taiwanese sculptor Ju Ming from the private collection of the Hanart TZ Gallery director. In the Modern Asian Art Day Sale on 5 October, two special sections focusing on the National School of Fine Art and the Central Academy of Craft Arts will reveal how Modernism developed in China, alongside Lalan: A Life beyond all Expectations, featuring an assemblage of eight works by Lalan created from the 1960s to 1980s. The Modern Asian Art Autumn Sale encompasses approximately 160 works in total, estimated in excess of HK$242 million / US$31 million*.
 
*Estimates do not include buyer’s premium and prices achieved include the hammer price plus buyer’s premium.
 
HONG KONG EXHIBITION AND AUCTION VENUE
Hall 3, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (New Wing), 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

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