Lot 632
My Heart is Like Water
TONG YANG TZE (Taiwanese, 1942)
2008
Ink on gold-coated paper
69 x 138 cm
Estimate
TWD 150,000-300,000
HKD 39,000-78,000
USD 5,000-9,900
CNY 34,000-68,000
Sold Price
TWD 600,000
HKD 153,453
USD 19,569
CNY 138,568
Signature
With four seals of the artist
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Taiwan
EXHIBITED
"Silence is gold: Calligraphy Works of Tong Yang-Tze", Eslite Gallery, Taipei, 10 January, 2009 - 8 February, 2009
ILLUSTRATED
Calligraphy Works of Tong Yang-Tze, Eslite Corporation, Taipei, 2008, Plate 4
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Taiwan
EXHIBITED
"Silence is gold: Calligraphy Works of Tong Yang-Tze", Eslite Gallery, Taipei, 10 January, 2009 - 8 February, 2009
ILLUSTRATED
Calligraphy Works of Tong Yang-Tze, Eslite Corporation, Taipei, 2008, Plate 4
This lot is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
+ OVERVIEW
Tong Yang-tze transformed calligraphy into a visual representation of lines and words, while adhering to the cultural aesthetic quality of Eastern calligraphy, making her calligraphy an exuberant masterpiece, with reference to works of Yan Zhen-xin, Wei rubbings, Su Shi and Huang Ting-jian. This piece was skillfully depicted on gold-coated paper in a scholastic beauty of Ming and Qing. Strokes were expressive on this gigantic panel. As Tai Jing-nong once commented on Tong's work with a beauty of masculinity, the three characters of this work can be viewed as a perfect balance of masculinity and fluidity. From the structure, the spacing to the arrangement of the characters, this work shows a scene of harmony, an essential philosophy in Chinese culture through to Chinese art and landscape paintings.
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