Hu Wei Blue Grey Composition Abstract Mineral Pigment Painting, Framed, Chinese Artist Trained In Tokyo
Hu Wei Blue Grey Composition Abstract Mineral Pigment Painting, Framed, Chinese Artist Trained In Tokyo
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Stone ground into sky
For the collector of painters who crossed between Beijing and Tokyo.
Best for: Collections of East Asian contemporary painting
Condition notes
No conspicuous marks or stains are recorded. Frame with light handling wear.
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An abstract painting in mineral greys and blues by Hu Wei, framed in silver, given to its present keeper by the painter.
The Piece
The surface is built up in layers of dark blue, grey and black, broken by pale scratched passages that read as a horizon or a line of buildings seen through weather. The texture is granular, as in pigment bound over paper or board. The painting is set in a wide silver frame with a stepped profile, and the back carries the title and the name of the painter in brush.
It is received directly from the painter and as free of conspicuous marks.
Hu Wei
Hu Wei was born in Jinan, Shandong, in 1957. He was sent to Japan in 1987 to study with Ikuo Hirayama at the Tokyo University of the Arts, where he took a master's degree in 1991 and a doctorate in 1996, working on the materials of old painting and their conservation. He showed at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris in 1995, returned to the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing as a professor in 1997, and later served as a vice director of the National Art Museum of China. His work joins the mineral pigments of East Asian painting to the language of abstraction.
Details
- Artist: Hu Wei, born 1957
- Title: Blue Grey Composition
- Medium: Mineral pigment, as it appears
- Presentation: Silver frame
- Inscription: Title and name to the reverse
Sizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.
Condition
- No conspicuous marks or stains are noted.
- Frame with light handling wear.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade A (excellent) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Received from the painter; no certificate accompanies it. Collectors who require further documentation should write to the Desk before buying. Examined and photographed in Japan before dispatch.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan in a rigid case and sent insured by express freight; because of its size the delivery charge is quoted and agreed with you before purchase. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
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