Auction 93 AUCTION 93 - ASIAN AND TRIBAL ART
Jun 17, 2021
Piazza Lovatelli, 1, 00186 Roma RM, Italy

L’asta sarà battuta il 17 giugno 2021 a partire dalle ore 13:00 CEST presso la sede di Bertolami Fine Arts in Piazza Lovatelli, 1 – Roma.
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LOT 118:

LI QI, attributed
(1928-2009)

Portrait of Mao Zedong

Vertical hanging ...

Sold for: €2,400
Start price:
1,000
Estimated price:
€1,500 - €2,000
Auction house commission: 26% More details
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LI QI, attributed
(1928-2009)

Portrait of Mao Zedong

Vertical hanging scroll, 216 X 84 cm

Dated 1960 and signed with seal in the lower right corner.

Provenance: Italian private collection.


The scroll faithfully reproduces a famous composition painted by Li Qi in 1960 and entitled The Chairman travels all over China, owned by the National Art Museum of China (see Lu Peng, A Pocket History of 20th-century Chinese Art, Milan 2010, p. 849)