Lot  028 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2020

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2020

Do You Like My Tiger Cat?

Walasse TING (Chinese-American, 1929 - 2010)

1985

Acrylic on canvas

71 x 101 cm

Estimate

TWD 3,600,000-5,500,000

HKD 957,000-1,463,000

USD 123,400-188,500

CNY 847,000-1,294,000

Sold Price


Signature

Signed reverse Ting, titled Do you like my tiger cat? and dated 1985

PROVENANCE:
Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam
Ravenel Autumn Auction 2009, Taipei, lot 95
Acquired from the above by the present owner

+ OVERVIEW

Walasse Ting's oil paintings often have a straightforward and lovely name, like a friend talking to you. Genuine and full emotions are his registered trademark, leading the audience directly into his deepest sensory world. According to Ting, there are no straight lines on a female body; all are beautiful lines and curves. The artist worships the youth of life using his artistic creation, in the hope of seizing the most beautiful moment of life. This oil painting uses canvas as the media, which is rare and precious among his belle paintings. The calligraphic brush depicts the contoured outline and the full and rich acrylic colors fill the space encircled by the lines. Two young belles hold a pair of tiger cats in their arms; the cats and the belles have similar misty eyes, tame and colorful. In typical Walasse Ting style, the whole image is presented, conveying hustle and affluence in summer. Frequently seen in his paintings are parrots, cats, horses, peacocks, or golden carp; and Ting explains this is because they are all beautiful animations, just like the flowers and belles he likes best to paint. In other words, beautiful appearance is the focus in his paintings. Excessive theoretic analysis is not suitable for Ting's art. A visual feast, an overflowing beauty, and a pure sensory world cleanse the overly complex mentality of modern people.
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Ravenel Autumn Auction 2020

Saturday, December 5, 2020, 3:30pm