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  • Xu Lei Print entitled Classics of Mountains and Seas. Xu Lei was born in 1963 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province. He works at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou and is Art Director of Today Art Museum in Beijing. Xu Lei played a role in 1985’s New Wave a
    Jun. 20, 2024

    Xu Lei Print entitled Classics of Mountains and Seas. Xu Lei was born in 1963 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province. He works at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou and is Art Director of Today Art Museum in Beijing. Xu Lei played a role in 1985’s New Wave a

    Est: £50 - £75

    Xu Lei Print entitled Classics of Mountains and Seas. Xu Lei was born in 1963 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province. He works at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou and is Art Director of Today Art Museum in Beijing. Xu Lei played a role in 1985’s New Wave art movement in China, and his work is a powerful yet sensitive juxtaposition of Chinese aesthetics and western innovations. Notable inspirations include Yves Klein, Marcel Duchamp, and Rene Magritte. Curtains to divide space like a stage, Ming dynasty furniture, birds, high-heeled shoes, cages, and folding screens are all elements which lend simultaneous unpredictability and harmony to his work, which is executed with a deft mastery of ink brush and rice paper. Xu Lei’s art may be seen at the Shanghai Art Museum, the Nanjing Art Institute, the Today Art Museum and Asian Division of the Library of Congress, Washington D.C. among others. Xu Lei has also shown his work at the National Art Museum of China, Guggenheim Museums in New York, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Hong Kong Arts Centre and several other museums and institutions. 57.2 cm x 73.5 cm.

    Hannam's Auctioneers
  • XU LEI (B. 1963) Map of the Mountains and Seas silkscreen print 56.5 x 72.
    Mar. 20, 2024

    XU LEI (B. 1963) Map of the Mountains and Seas silkscreen print 56.5 x 72.

    Est: $10,000 - $20,000

    XU LEI (B. 1963) Map of the Mountains and Seas silkscreen print 56.5 x 72.5 cm. (22 1⁄4 x 28 1⁄2 in.)

    Christie's
  • XU LEI (B. 1963) - Perch
    Nov. 29, 2023

    XU LEI (B. 1963) - Perch

    Est: $200,000 - $300,000

    XU LEI (B. 1963) Perch ink and colour on paper 55 x 43 cm. (21 5⁄8 x 16 7⁄8 in.)

    Christie's
  • XU LEI (B. 1963) - Cage
    Dec. 01, 2020

    XU LEI (B. 1963) - Cage

    Est: $380,000 - $480,000

    XU LEI (B. 1963) Cage Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper 63.5 x 49.3 cm. (25 x 19 3/8 in.)

    Christie's
  • XU LEI (B. 1963) - The Reader
    Nov. 25, 2019

    XU LEI (B. 1963) - The Reader

    Est: $400,000 - $600,000

    XU LEI (B. 1963) The Reader Scroll, mounted and framed Ink and colour on paper 83 x 62.5 cm. (32 5/8 x 24 5/8 in.)

    Christie's
  • XU LEI (B. 1963) - Departing Horse
    Nov. 25, 2019

    XU LEI (B. 1963) - Departing Horse

    Est: $500,000 - $700,000

    XU LEI (B. 1963) Departing Horse Scroll, mounted and framed Ink and colour on paper 78 x 56 cm. (30 5/8 x 22 in.)

    Christie's
  • XU LEI (B.1963) - Night Seeker
    Sep. 21, 2018

    XU LEI (B.1963) - Night Seeker

    Est: ¥680,000 - ¥980,000

    XU LEI (B.1963) Night Seeker chinese ink and mineral colour on silk 65 x 64.5 cm. (25 5/8 x 25 3/8 in.)

    Christie's
  • XU LEI (CHINA, B.1963) - DRAGON HORSE IMMORTAL
    Sep. 21, 2018

    XU LEI (CHINA, B.1963) - DRAGON HORSE IMMORTAL

    Est: ¥25,000 - ¥45,000

    XU LEI (CHINA, B.1963) DRAGON HORSE IMMORTAL silkscreen prints 65 x 193 cm. (26 x 70 in.)

    Christie's
  • XU LEI (B. 1963) - Horse • Free Run
    Nov. 27, 2017

    XU LEI (B. 1963) - Horse • Free Run

    Est: $2,400,000 - $3,200,000

    XU LEI (B. 1963) Horse • Free Run Scroll, mounted and framed Ink and colour on silk 88 x 148 cm. (34 5/8 x 58 1/4 in.) Executed in 2014 PROVENANCE Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong Acquired from the above by the present owner

    Christie's
  • XU LEI (B. 1963) - Coloured Rocks
    Nov. 27, 2017

    XU LEI (B. 1963) - Coloured Rocks

    Est: $400,000 - $600,000

    XU LEI (B. 1963) Coloured Rocks Scroll, mounted and framed Ink and colour on silk 45.5 x 64 cm. (17 7/8 x 25 1/4 in.) PROVENANCE Marlborough Gallery, London

    Christie's
  • XU LEI B. 1963 Floating 2008 signed, titled, dat
    May. 22, 2016

    XU LEI B. 1963 Floating 2008 signed, titled, dat

    Est: HKD60,000 - HKD80,000

    XU LEI B. 1963 Floating 2008 signed, titled, dated 2008 and numbered 31/68 in pencil lithograph print on paper 108 x 73cm (42 1/2 x 28 3/4in).

    Bonhams
  • XU LEI | Tree of Blue Underglaze
    Apr. 04, 2016

    XU LEI | Tree of Blue Underglaze

    Est: $3,000,000 - $5,000,000

    signed XU LEI, titled, and dated 2008

    Sotheby's
  • Xu Lei (b. 1963) Green Mountain After Rain
    Oct. 03, 2015

    Xu Lei (b. 1963) Green Mountain After Rain

    Est: HKD2,200,000 - HKD3,200,000

    Xu Lei (b. 1963) Green Mountain After Rain

    Bonhams
  • Cage
    Apr. 25, 2015

    Cage

    Est: $480,000 - $720,000

    Xu Lei (b. 1963) Cage signed in Chinese (lower right) ink and mineral colour on paper image size: 64 x 50 cm. (25 1/4 x 19 5/8 in.) paper size: 77.3 x 63 cm. (30 x 3/8 x 24 3/4 in.) Painted in 1990s

    Christie's
  • XU LEI | Empty Word - Pavilion
    Apr. 05, 2015

    XU LEI | Empty Word - Pavilion

    Est: $700,000 - $800,000

    executed in 2002 signed in Chinese

    Sotheby's
  • XU LEI (Chinese, B. 1963)
    Mar. 15, 2015

    XU LEI (Chinese, B. 1963)

    Est: $40,000 - $60,000

    XU LEI (Chinese, B. 1963) Memoirs of A Ghost Town signed and titled in Chinese; numbered and dated '61/80 2001' (lower edge) silkscreen print 58 x 74 cm. (22 7/8 x 29 1/8 in.) edition 61/80 Executed in 2001

    Christie's
  • Xu Lei
    Nov. 30, 2014

    Xu Lei

    Est: $1,500,000 - $2,000,000

    Xu Lei

    Sotheby's
  • Blue and White Horse
    Nov. 24, 2014

    Blue and White Horse

    Est: $1,300,000 - $1,800,000

    XU LEI (B. 1963) Blue and White Horse Scroll, mounted and framed Ink and colour on paper 63.5 x 97.5 cm. (25 x 38 3/8 in.) Executed in 2002

    Christie's
  • XU, LEI (b. 1963)
    May. 26, 2013

    XU, LEI (b. 1963)

    Est: -

    XU, LEI (b. 1963) Flitting signed in Chinese (lower right) Painted in 2003 ink and colour on paper 57 x 117 cm. (22 1/2 x 46 in.) 21st Century

    Christie's
  • Xu Lei , b. 1963 Mr. Butterfly ink and color on paper
    Sep. 17, 2008

    Xu Lei , b. 1963 Mr. Butterfly ink and color on paper

    Est: $60,000 - $80,000

    titled in Chinese and dated 2002 ink and color on paper

    Sotheby's
  • XU LEI
    Mar. 21, 2007

    XU LEI

    Est: $30,000 - $40,000

    B. 1963 LOST LOST 34 5/8 by 24 3/4 in. 88 by 63 cm. signed Lei in Chinese ink and color on paper Executed in 2002. PROVENANCE Aura Gallery, Shanghai China Guardian, Beijing, Oil Paintings and Sculptures, May 15, 2004, Lot 75 Acquired by the present owner from the above LITERATURE Art Observation, Beijing, April 2006, p. 58, illustrated in color Zhu Zhu, "Interview with Xu Lei," Today, Beijing, April 2005

    Sotheby's
  • XU LEI
    Mar. 31, 2006

    XU LEI

    Est: $35,000 - $45,000

    B. 1963 FLOWER OVER THE OCEAN 45 1/4 by 25 in. 115 by 63.5 cm ink and color on paper Executed in 2001. PROVENANCE China Guardian Auction, Beijing, November 15, 2001, Lot 975 Acquired by the present owner from the above sale EXHIBITED Nanjing, Jiangsu Province Art Museum, Chuan Sheng Zao Jing, 2005 LITERATURE Chen Danqing, "Fable of Image," Xu Lei, Hebei, 2000, pp. 4 illustrated in color Today Art Museum, Beijing, Oriental Art/People, 1st edition, 2006 NOTE Xu Lei belongs to an influential school of post-traditional figurative painters, bringing the quality of literati painting from loftiness to a state of pessimistic elegance. Xu often adapts a stage setting into his frame by using elements from Chinese material culture, sometimes reminiscent of the set or background used in old film studios of the 1930s. In Flower over the Ocean, Xu's most representative work to date, the artist presents a poetic, claustrophobic and mysterious world populated by a horse imprinted with the very flowers that swirl about him in the water. In compositions such as this, Xu offers new possibilities to traditional Chinese painting as he creates imagined worlds without reference to a glorified antiquity.

    Sotheby's
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