Lot 214: LI HUAYI

B. 1948
UNTITLED

UNTITLED

23 1/2 by 45 in. 64 by 114 cm.

signed Li Hua in Chinese

ink and color on paper, collage

Executed in 1982-83.

PROVENANCE

Roberta English Gallery, Sausalito
Acquired by the present owner from the above

NOTE

"Calligraphy exemplifies what I feel is the semi-abstract nature of Chinese art. The form of every character exists, and therefore the calligrapher cannot make a new image; the characters have existed for thousands of years. What calligraphers can do is express themselves through individual brush stroeks. This is abstract"
- (Michael Knight and Li Huayi, The Monumental Landscapes of Li Huayi, San Francisco: Asia Art Museum, 2004)