Lot 304
Stamp Collection (a set of 6)
REN Jian (Chinese, 1955)
1991
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 50 cm (each)
Estimate
TWD 1,800,000-2,800,000
HKD 459,000-714,000
USD 59,100-92,000
Sold Price
TWD 1,920,000
HKD 477,612
USD 61,677
Signature
Signed on the reverse Ren Jian in Chinese, dated 1991, inscribed Guiana in English and Chinese 144 (upper right)
Signed on the reverse Ren Jian in Chinese, dated 1991, inscribed Ouganda in English 87 (center left)
Signed on the reverse Ren Jian in Chinese, dated 1991, inscribed ST LUCIA ISLAND in English and simplified Chinese (center right)
Signed on the reverse Ren Jian in Chinese, dated 1991, inscribed TRINIDAD & TOBAGO in English (lower left)
Signed on the reverse REN Jian in Chinese, dated 1991, inscribed Argentina in English (lower right)
+ OVERVIEW
“The stamp is the necessary code that allows people to exchange their feelings and private information in their daily lives. Choosing different national flags as stamps provides the visual meaning of international communication, and also symbolizes the possibility of visual participation in democracy. Beginning with the form of the national flag itself is the best way of presenting the citizen with the most simple icon, and as well as the most abstracted symbol. The symbol can refer to visual art itself, as seen in Kandinsky, Mondrian, Malevich, and Reinhard. The numbers are symbols of equality, and all languages lack universal justice compared to these numbers. “2000〃 means the beginning of the new millennium, and indicates peoples’ expectation as well as new possibilities at the end of the 20th century.” – Ren Jian (about his panting.Stamp Collection, 1991, Acrylic on canvas).
Modern & Contemporary Asian Art
Ravenel Autumn Auction 2014 Taipei
Sunday, December 7, 2014, 2:30pm