Chu Teh-Chun - Evocation hivernale A 1888
Reminiscence of winter A. Evocation hivernale A 1888
100x73cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 1.86 million
Auction house: Christie's, Hong Kong
Sale date: 23 November 2013
Seller: Private Collection, Asia
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
From Christie's, Hong Kong:
Chu Teh-Chun created work - Evocation Hivernale A (Reminiscence of winter A) - after viewing a stormy scene on the Alps from his train window. He was travelling from Switzerland to France after organising his exhibition in Zurich in 1985. He was deeply touched by the power of nature which prompted him to create works featuring snow. He used pale green as a base for the composition, and drew thick, rough, black lines and scattered silvery-white dots over the canvas to illustrate the wintry Alps covered in snow.