Yun Hyong-Keun - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in association with Yongle Hong Kong Tuesday, November 29, 2022 | Phillips

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  • “I wonder if my paintings could capture the beauty of nature. No, it would be impossible. Even so, I want to make paintings that, like nature, one never tires of looking at.”
    — Yun Hyong-Keun


    Yun Hyong-Keun in his studio,
    Image Courtesy of TL Magazine

    “Since everything on earth ultimately returns to earth, everything is just a matter of time. When I remember that this also applies to me and my paintings, it all seems so trifling. But each day that I’m alive, I will record the vestiges of my life as it burns away, which will thus serve as the impetus for staying alive.”
    — Yun Hyong-Keun


    Installation view of Yun Hyong-Keun’ major retrospective in Seoul at National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, in 2018
    • Provenance

      Private Collection
      Seoul Auction, Hong Kong, 5 October 2015, lot 13
      Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

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Umber-Blue 76

signed, titled and dated '"UMBER-BLUE '76" YUN HYONG-GUN 6 July 1976 Yun Hyong-Keun [in Kanji] on the reverse
oil on linen
31.5 x 41 cm. (12 3/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
Painted on 6 July 1976.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
HK$700,000 - 1,000,000 
€86,200-123,000
$89,700-128,000

Sold for HK$882,000

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20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in association with Yongle

Hong Kong Auction 30 November 2022