Asian Art - 14th November 2017
Lot 72
A BRONZE SCULPTURE 'TAICHI' BY JU MING (1938-) 1991 Standing on one leg with outstretched arms
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £17500
+ Buyers Premium
Description
A BRONZE SCULPTURE 'TAICHI' BY JU MING (1938-)
1991
Standing on one leg with outstretched arms, signed, numbered 2/20, 38cm, 12kg.
Provenance: from the collection of the late Michael Sherrard QC., purchased from Hanart 2 Contemporary Art, Hong Kong on 16th November 1991, a copy of the original invoice is available.
Cf. a further Ju Ming bronze figure from the collection of the late Michael Sherrard QC. which was sold at Christie's in Hong Kong, 28th May 2017, Lot 401.
Ju Ming was born in 1938 in Tongxiao, Taiwan, and is most famous for his geometric steel and bronze works. Ju trained as a painter and woodcarver and opened his own studio in 1959 and gained fame in New York in 1970s. He lives and works between New York and Taiwan, his works are displayed in the collections of the National Museum of Singapore, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and the Ju Ming Museum in New Taipei and others.