Our Indonesian auction of the 5th of December contains no less than five paintings by this master!
‘In landscape paintings like
‘Willows and fishermen’, one can
admire the enormous virtuosity and
refined taste.’
(R.E. Penning in the Haagsch Dagblad,
10th of May 1950.)
LEE MAN FONG (1913-1988)
‘Willows and fishermen’,
signed and dated 1949 upper left,
board, 99 x 34 cm.
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist in the
Netherlands. Thence by descent.
Exhibited:
Lee Man-Fung, exhibition rooms
Kunst van onze Tijd, Mauritsplein, The Hague,
May 1950, as ‘Wilgen en vissers’.
Literature:
Lee Man Fung, Haagsch Dagblad,
10th of May 1950.
‘The exceptional interplay
of colours and lines creates
a brilliant unity’.
(Corn. Basoski about this painting in
De Nieuwe Haagsche Courant,
23th of May 1949.)
LEE MAN FONG (1913-1988)
‘Flower girl’,
signed upper left,
board, 88,5 x 39 cm.
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist in the
Netherlands. Thence by descent.
Exhibited:
Lee Man-Fung, exhibition rooms Kunst van
onze Tijd, Mauritsplein, The Hague,
May 1949 as ‘Bloemenmeisje’.
Literature:
– Lee Man Fung, een Chinees schilder
exposeert in ons land, Kunst en kunstleven,
June 1949, illustrated
– Lee Man Fung, de Chinese schilder,
De Nieuwe Haagsche Courant,
23th of May 1949.
LEE MAN FONG (1913-1988)
‘The lotus’,
signed upper left,
board, 89 x 38 cm.
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist in the
Netherlands. Thence by descent.
Exhibited:
Lee Man-Fung, exhibition rooms
Kunst van onze Tijd, Mauritsplein, The Hague,
May 1949 as ‘Waterlelie’ (water lily).
‘Observed with a close look,
though obviously with a stranger’s eye’.
though obviously with a stranger’s eye’.
(Cornelis Veth about this painting in the Haagsche Courant, 15th of May 1950.)
LEE MAN FONG (1913-1988)
‘Rue du Sacré-Coeur, Paris’, signed and with red stamp center right, board. 69,5 x 50 cm.
Exhibited:
Lee Man-Fung, exhibition rooms Kunst van onze Tijd, Mauritsplein, The Hague, 1950.
Lee Man-Fung, exhibition rooms Kunst van onze Tijd, Mauritsplein, The Hague, 1950.
Literature:
Lee Man Fung, Kunst van onze tijd, Haagsche Courant, 15th of May 1950.
Lee Man Fung, Kunst van onze tijd, Haagsche Courant, 15th of May 1950.
On the back of the frame is written ‘Foejita’.
It is very well possible that Lee Man Fong met the famous Japanese artist
It is very well possible that Lee Man Fong met the famous Japanese artist
Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) who lived in Paris at that time,
and that this painting has a relation with Foujita.
and that this painting has a relation with Foujita.
LEE MAN FONG (1913-1988)
‘Fishing boats, Tandjung Priok’,
signed and dated 1940? lower right,
canvas. 60 x 74 cm.
canvas. 60 x 74 cm.
Exhibited:
Lee Man Fung, Hotel des Indes, Batavia, November 1949,
as ‘Vissersboten, Tandjung Priok’.
as ‘Vissersboten, Tandjung Priok’.
Provenance:
Bought at this exhibition, thence by descent.
More information about our Indonesian auctions (Indische veilingen):
René de Visser
Zeeuws Veilinghuis
Herengracht 74
4331 PX Middelburg
0031 (0)118-650680
