S otheby’s Hong Kong Spring 2021 Contemporary Art Evening Sale presents an exceptional selection of Western and Asian masterworks of unprecedented caliber and diversity. Led by Clyfford Still’s PH-568 from 1965, a majestic late work from the artist’s Maryland period, the auction showcases a stellar line-up of inter🍒national works.
C reated in 1965, PH-568 is a masterwork from Still’s late period, painted a few years after he retreated from the New York art scene and relocated to the quiet countryside of Maryland. As exemplified by PH-568, Still’s mature canvases are characterized by a reductive aesthetic exhibiting a new sense of exuber꧟ance, sweep and power.𝐆
Notably, PH-568 was exhibited at the landmark exhibition at Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York in 1969. Extremely rare to come by, PH-568 serves as a powerful testament to Still’s singular and unparalleled importance within the narrative of postwar painting.
Joining Clyfford Still’s PH-568 is a stellar line-up of works by Roy Lichtenste♍in, Willem de Kooning, ✃Gerhard Richter and Adrian Ghenie.
Asian highlights include a robust assemblage of early works by major Chinese Contemporary ꧂artists including Zeng Fanzhi, Zhang Xiaogang, Liu Xiaodong and Fang Lijun. These seminal works all hail from the ear﷽ly 1990s period, which marks the nascence of Chinese Contemporary Art onto the international art stage.
