Lot 3361: AI XUAN

AI XUAN (Chinese, B. 1947) Tundra signed 'Ai Xuan' in Chinese & Pinyin; dated '1990' (lower left); inscribed 'Ai Xuan' in Chinese & Pinyin (on the reverse) oil on canvas 99.7 x 80 cm. (39 1/4 x 31 1/2 in.) Painted in 1990

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Art Asia '92, 18-22 November 1992.

International Fine Art Expositions, Art Asia Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1992 (illustrated, p. 127). Mei Shu, Issue 4, Beijing, China, 1994 (illustrated, cover). Art Blooming Publishing Co., Ai Xuan, Hong Kong, 1994 (illustrated, p. 31). Zhejiang Peoples Fine Arts Publishing House, Famous Artist Famous Works: Ai Xuan, China, 2002 (illustrated, plate 11, unpaged). Beijing Gong Yi Mei Shu, Ai Xuan Realistic Oil Painting Technique, Beijing, China, 2002 (illustrated, p. 7). World Knowledge Press, Ten Chinese Oil Painters V Ai Xuan, China, 2004 (illustrated, plate 2, unpaged). Peoples Fine Art Publishing House, Ai Xuan: Chinese Contemporary Oil Painters, Beijing, China, 2008 (illustrated, p. 4).

Gifted to Gleb Pokrovskiy, Russia, and thence by descent Private Collection, Russia (Acquired from the above by the current owner in 2012)