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Present ower acquired directly from Gallery Delaive,Amsterdam, Netherlands
Present ower acquired directly from Gallery Delaive,Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Pink Diamond Girl
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1986 Acrylic on canvas 74.5 x 99.5 cm Signed on the reverse Ting in English, titled Pink Diamond girl and dated 86 Amsterdam |
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Estimate
3,800,000 - 4,800,000 1,024,000 - 1,294,000 130,900 - 165,300
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Sold Price
4,560,000 1,200,000 152,815
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Catalogue Note:
Ting had spent his entire lifetime in the pursuit of female beauty. He attracted the viewer’s attention with vividly colored portrayals of gorgeous feminine bodies in paintings that are direct manifestations of his excessively romantic nature, while the women he portrayed evince a charm and delicacy like the resplendent, ambrosial blossoms of springtime. “Pink Diamond Girl” is a signature work the artist painted during his years in New York. The liberal, unrestrained artistic atmosphere of the era later played a major role in the formulation of Ting’s distinctive personal style. Thence, his paintings transitioned from abstract to figurative art, and his state of mind underwent drastic transformations as he began to devote himself to a lifelong passion for female portrait painting.
Outlined with bold, confident brushstrokes, this painting demonstrates the artist’s expert deftness complemented by an unruly sense of assurance—a freedom and spontaneity characteristic of Fauvism artworks. The woman in the painting leaned comfortably on her back, perfectly composed and unabashed as she displays her feminine beauty. In the background, powerful splashes and drippings of hue invoke the influence of abstract expressionism while blending perfectly into the chunks of highly saturated colors. The boundless creative energy and streaming vitality that burst forth is moreover a succinct and powerful statement of Ting’s extraordinary artistic expression, and imbues the artwork with an air of delighted bliss. This portrait of a nude women references the classicism paintings of Titian, Manet, Modigliani, Matisse, and others who created countless masterpieces in similar composition. In Walasse Ting’s work, a posture of classical painting is translated into one of utmost passion and zeal. It reveals the heart’s unwavering desire to be naked before the world’s eyes, and for this reason elevated Ting as one of true artists in the era’s.
Outlined with bold, confident brushstrokes, this painting demonstrates the artist’s expert deftness complemented by an unruly sense of assurance—a freedom and spontaneity characteristic of Fauvism artworks. The woman in the painting leaned comfortably on her back, perfectly composed and unabashed as she displays her feminine beauty. In the background, powerful splashes and drippings of hue invoke the influence of abstract expressionism while blending perfectly into the chunks of highly saturated colors. The boundless creative energy and streaming vitality that burst forth is moreover a succinct and powerful statement of Ting’s extraordinary artistic expression, and imbues the artwork with an air of delighted bliss. This portrait of a nude women references the classicism paintings of Titian, Manet, Modigliani, Matisse, and others who created countless masterpieces in similar composition. In Walasse Ting’s work, a posture of classical painting is translated into one of utmost passion and zeal. It reveals the heart’s unwavering desire to be naked before the world’s eyes, and for this reason elevated Ting as one of true artists in the era’s.