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MULIEBRITY
“...but most of all unwilling to forget her or to explain to anyone the greatness and the power
glistening through her”
Magamejia AuctionH
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CONTENTS
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AUCTION INFORMATION
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PREFACE
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JAPAN
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CHINA
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INDIA
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CONDITIONS OF SALE
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GUIDE FOR ABSENTEE BIDDERS
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SPECIALISTS AND AUCTION ENQUIRIES
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ABSENTEE BID FORM
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painting
AUCTION IN LONDON
8 MAY 2014
7:00PM
CHARITY SALE
EXHIBITION
FRIDAY 2 MAY 2014
10.00 AM – 5.00 PM
SATURDAY 3 MAY 2014
10.00 AM – 5.00 PM
SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014
10.00 AM – 5.00 PM
MONDAY 5 MAY2014
10.00 AM – 5.00 PM
TUESDAY 6 MAY 2014
10.00 AM – 5.00 PM
MULIEBRITY
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PREFACE
Since time immemorial women have been worshipped, adored, cherished and admired. However, they have
been simultaneously defamed, castigated and condemned as demonstrated by the history of art.
The woman can be symbol of fertility, ideal of beauty, vector of dream, Eve temptress, ideal of purity, Virgo
which intercedes, partner of the man, the civilizing, absolute maternity and the love, the whore, the courtesan,
the femme fatale, the woman warrior, fragile woman, woman object, woman victim, spread woman, asserted
woman...
More than a simple subject matter, the representation of the woman reflects in art the aesthetic, sociological,
moral conceptions and the time in which the work was created. How women are portrayed in art tells much
about the status and roles of women in society and the place where men wanted them.
Through this exceptional sale organized for the benefit of the association The Asia Foundation which
celebrates its 60th birthday, Magamejia proposes a journey through India, Japan and China and their
perceptions of the Woman since the 18th century.
This sale helps to understand the evolution of artist’s mentalities and freedom and how depictions of the
Woman in Asia are different from the Western depiction.
These depictions reflect changing attitudes and different artistic movements, influenced or not by the Western
art.
From a young and traditional Maliyali lady to a very provocative “Bisiyoujo” , those works
represent the quintessence of the Asian beauty with its sensuality, delicateness and subtility.
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ABOUT THE CAUSE
The Asia Foundation celebrates its 60th anniversary and remains committed to the mission
of improving lives, expanding opportunities, and helping societies flourish all across
the region. This milestone is an extraordinary accomplishment and reflects The Asian
Foundation founders’ values and commitment to Asia’s sustainable growth and development.
Formorethanhalfacentury,TheAsiaFoundationhasbeenaleaderinhelpingwomentorealizetheir
potential. This foundation believes that investing in women fundamentally strengthens families
andsocieties.TheWomen’sEmpowermentProgramdevelopswomen’sleadership,strengthens
women’s organizations, increases women’s rights and ensures their personal security, and
creates new political and economic opportunities for women across the Asia-Pacific region.
Women across the region are still denied their rights under the law and in practice.
Strengthening women’s legal rights has been a hallmark of the Foundation’s work for decades.
The Foundation supports projects to increase both the demand and supply side of women’s
rights and access to justice. The Foundation supports legal rights education for women, legal
aid to enable them to claim their rights, and supports local efforts to reform laws and policies
that discriminate against women and increase government accountability on enforcement.
Trafficking of persons is a high priority issue for the Foundation because it is a compelling
human rights problem and a multi-faceted governance issue that is both exacerbated by and
contributes toweaklegalstructuresandpubliccorruption.TheAsiaFoundationbringsdistinctive
strengths to combating trafficking by directly addressing the governance issues that surround
the incidence of trafficking and by promoting multi-faceted, integrated approaches to respond
to it. Foundation programs empower the vulnerable to better protect themselves, both with safe
migrationandlegalrightsinformationandwithinterventionstoimprovetheireconomicposition.
In no country in Asia are women entirely safe from the threat of domestic violence.
Domestic violence is a human rights issue, but it is also a problem with wide-ranging
socio-economic consequences. Even where laws exist, often inaccessible legal
comprehensive women’s bill in Laos that includes trafficking and violence against women.
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systems and societal attitudes add to the trauma experienced by victims of violence.
The Foundation’s pivotal support across the region has resulted in some major
achievements, including passage of a domestic violence law in Mongolia and passage of a
comprehensive women’s bill in Laos that includes trafficking and violence against women.
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JAPAN
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Japan, as many other countries around the world experienced a
turbulent time-closing the country’s trade, called Sakoku. This was because of the fear of Christian missionaries
from the west plotting the invasion of Japan during the Edo period. This was followed by the Meiji restoration
in 1868, which saw dramatic efforts to modernize Japan politically, socially, economically and culturally. Japan
was then actively involved in two world wars, invaded militarily into neighboring countries before being defeated
by the U.S, ending the war with detonations of two atomic bombs.
The heart of depictions of women in Japan has been rooted in the traditional practice of Bijinga in Ukiyo-e. It
started in the seventeenth century. The term Bijinga literally means ‘picture of a beautiful woman’ in Japanese
woodblock print which was the most popular subject in Ukiyo-e print, targeting the audience of the merchant
class people. In this sense, Bijinga shared a similar notion with contemporary fashion magazines and posters
depicting women who would be considered as beautiful and fashionable and therefore reflecting the demand of
the audiences at that time.
After the Meiji restoration, known as the modern period Japan opened up its trade with the west and then
there were western influences on mediums, perspectives, relations between light and shadow, and so on-this
gave rise to western-style painting called Yoga. On contrary, Japanese-style painting called Nihonga, which
is essentially associated with a type of painting rendered with iwaenogu (mineral pigments) and gofun (shell
white), mixed in a nikawa (animal glue) medium, was continued to be produced in a traditional way as well as
adopting new techniques from the West keeping predominant elements of the Japanese art style of flatness.
Heavy influences of traditional Bijinga can be seen in the Nihonga depiction of women. Most of the artists
and art works from this period were and still are predominantly popular among Japanese collectors with only
a handful of exceptions like Leonard-Tsuguharu Foujita, who is considered as the most successful modern
Japanese artists, renowned internationally.
In the post-war period, various Japanese artists received international recognitions conducting art movements
such as Gutai in 1950s; responding to the reactionary artistic context of the time, Monoha in 1960s and 70s;
questioning not only the traditions of Western art that the East had so recently inherited but by extension to
challenge conventional notions of art. Women, as subject matter, were marginal during this period.
Even though Japanese contemporary art may not contribute in phenomenal international art movement groups
mentioned above, important artists of the twenty-first century, namely Murakami Takashi, Yayoi Kusama, and
Nara Yoshimoto, enjoy their international status and strong presence in major contemporary auctions. Many
aspects of females depicted in contemporary Japanese art are influenced by the popular culture of manga
(comics) where girls, rather than women, are formed based on males’ fantasies and depicted in a heavily
idealized and indiscreet forms. The Otaku aesthetics, that is to say people who obsess with manga, anime and
video games, has become known Japanese culture and it does not represent the whole nation’s fetish, but it
could be argued that such movement is the reaction against real-life women in the twenty-first century. Although
the glance of paintings by Murakami Takashi is new and contemporary, it is important that his paintings have a
strong awareness of the flatness of nihonga.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
KITAGAWA UTAMARO
(1753-1806)
BEAUTY IN FRONT OF A MIRROR
Woodblock print on paper
Signed by artist
Edo Period
$ 100,000-145,000
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Kitagawa Utamaro was one of the most known Ukyio-e print makers in Edo period
(1603-1868). Ukyio-e, meaning “the picture of floating world” in Japanese, was made
for commercial mass reproduction, and served as a tool to record and introduce the
Japanese urban fashions to readers domestically and internationally. Subject matters
of kabuki, geisha, theaters, or even sexual scenes dominated at the realm of Ukyio-e.
In Beauty in fron of a Mirror, a Japanese Geisha is applying white base to her face, neck and
shoulder with her bare hand. She gazes at herself in the mirror as if she is appreciating her
own beauty. Her hair is neatly tied up to a shimada hair style, which Utamaro adds strong
lines to emphasize the texture of her well-maintained oriental hair. The mirror is an intricate
element in this print: the Geisha faces the audience with her back, and slightly slides her
kimono down off her shoulder. The nape of the neck, to men at that time, was seen as the
most arousing part of a woman’s body. The Geisha shows her nape from a back view, yet
manages to articulate her beautiful face via the mirror she is holding. The mirror does not
only enable the Utamaro to present the Geisha’s beauty from the front and the back, but also
creates a voyeuristic sense for the image: the Geisha is not aware that viewers are examining
her beauty from her back, while she is putting make-up prior to her dancing performance.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
YAMAKAMA SHUHO
(1898-1994)
SPRING FIELDS
Screen, Ink, Gold and Gold Leaf on Silk
82 9/3 by 68 45/64 in. (163.8 by 172.1 cm)
1920
$ 20,000-25,000
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Spring Fields is a classic example of the artist’s early work. A young woman with katsugi pulled
over her head walks among fern shoots and early spring flowers. The artist shows off his talent
for painstakingly precise and subtle detail in the sumptuous kimono patterns and the complex
designs on the obi. Shuho was master of nihonga (Japanese-style painting) and well known
for his paintings and illustrations of beautiful women, or bijinga. In 1919, he made his artistic
debut, entering nihonga paintings in the government-sponsored Teiten exhibition. He worked
with traditional media in traditional format, but is known for his commitment to modernism. He
liked to build his paintings in layers. Here, he laid down a gold-leaf ground, then covered the
gold leaf with loosely woven silk that serves as the base for the painting. The effect is luxurious.
Screen paintings by Shuho in American collections include Relaxing in the Shade (1933) in the
Art Institute of Chicago, published in Janice Katz, Beyond Golden Clouds (2009), pl. 28; and
Three Sisters (1936) in the Honolulu Museum of Art.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
TSUGUHARU FOUJITA
(1886-1986)
NU ALLONGE A LA TOLLE DE JOUY
Oil on Canvas
Signed, dated and inscribed ‘Foujita’
29 1/2 by 39 3/8 in. (75 by 100 cm)
1949
$ 500,000-700,000
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In Nu allonge a la toile de Jouy, Foujita boldly returns to the reclining nude motif which he
first explored, to immediate acclaim, in the early 1920s: “Foujita liked to depict nude women
just as they were, without making them the subject of allegory or history. For a long time
he remained particularly fond of painting nudes lying down, as can be seen, for example, in
Reclining Nude with a Cat or Reclining Nude with Toile de Jouy. It is their simplicity, serenity,
and purity of line that makes his nudes at once so lifelike and so chaste. The way the forms
are modeled, with scarcely any shading and very little color, recalls the stump technique the
artist used so often in his drawings. Thibault Sisson wrote of Foujita, “It is the relief without
shading of M. Ingres--with whom, indeed, Foujita seems to have as much in common as
with his Japanese ancestors--a relief which is suggested, at least in its essentials, merely
by the supple arabesques of the lines’” (J. Selz, Foujita, New York, 1981, pp. 32 and 61).
In 1947, not long after the conclusion of the Second World War, Foujita received an old friend from
Paris, the left-wing poet and journalist Harry Roskolenko, at his Tokyo home. In the course of the
visit, the embattled artist mused about his dearth of American support and the possibility of inroads
into the country’s comparatively prosperous post-war market: “I have sold only three paintings to
the Americans... They do not know of me. They do not come and so I am hungry. I want to leave.
Can you get me a visa to America? Can you get me a big exhibition?” (quoted in P. Birnbaum, Glory
in a Line, A Life of Foujita, The Artist Caught Between East and West, New York, 2006, p. 274).
Despite the poorly received exhibition which Roskolenko arranged for the artist at the Kennedy
& Company Galleries in New York in September 1947, Foujita would make it there himself two
short years later on the strength of teaching positions at the Brooklyn Art and New Schools.
Owing to simmering post-war tensions, the artist ended up working at neither. The present nude
was executed during this nonetheless fecund year, in which he enjoyed his own one-man show
at the Mathias Komor Gallery in November before returning to France on 27 January 1950.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
MURAKAMI TAKASHI
(1962-present)
MISS KO2
Acrlic on Canvas-mounted on board
1996
$ 841,550-1,178,170
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This painting of Miss KO2, which is based on his life-size figure named the same, depicts a
young woman with long blonde hair that cascades down her back, huge, innocent eyes, fair skin
as smooth as marble, a tiny waist and mile long legs. She wears the transparent nature of the
made uniform, which hints at the shape of her nipples, as the outfit clings tightly to her breasts.
The skirt itself pays tribute to the description mini-skirt; it hardly covers her sexuality. She is
based on a character that Murakami selected from “the fighting ‘bisyoujo’ (Japanese slang for
beautiful young girl) game Viable Geo, who wore a waitress uniform from the chain restaurant
Anna Millers”. In this video game, Miss ko2 is based on a female character that is a secret
agent for the Japanese government. The figure displays every straight male’s fantasy in body
and mind, mixing the innocence of youth with the sophistication of sexual prowess. Miss KO2
gives the impression of being a virgin with a courtesan’s knowledge of the world of pleasure.
Much of Murakami’s work derives from Japanese ‘otaku’ or ‘geek’ culture, typified by males
obsessed with the world of comic books, video games and animation, a Japanese pop culture
phenomena. Murakami combined his conventional practice of nihonga that he learned in the
art school and his obsession to develop a new vocabulary in contemporary art. Beginning
in the mid 1990’s Murakami incorporated the culture’s aesthetic of his childhood, that is to
say the mass production of popular culture and the presence of America’s Walt Disney,
into meticulously created paintings, at once, a reinterpretation both of American Abstract
Expressionism and Pop Art. Just as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein established a relation
between the ‘high and low’ art by referring to Pop culture in their paintings, so too did Murakami,
who developed characters that are a cross between Mickey Mouse and Hello Kitty. Through
these developments, Murakami realized that it is through the environment that surrounds
us that one can gain a deeper understanding of society. By incorporating the flatness of
traditional, uni-dimensional Japanese painting, and contemporary American and Japanese
popular culture, the artist created a Disney-like, Japanese animation style uniquely his own.
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Takashi Murakami received his BFA, MFA and PhD from the Tokyo University of the Arts. In 1996 he
founded Kaikai Kiki, an art production and art management corporation. In addition to the production
and marketing of Murakami’s art and related work, Kaikai Kiki functions as a supportive environment
for the fostering of emerging artists. Murakami’s major solo exhibitions include Fondation Cartier pour
l’art contemporain, Paris; Serpentine Gallery, London (2002); Chateau de Versailles, France (2010).
Murakamiisalsoacurator,aculturalentrepreneur,andacriticalobserverofcontemporaryJapanesesociety.In2000,
he organized a paradigmatic exhibition of Japanese art titled “Superflat,” which traced the origins of contemporary
JapanesevisualpopcultureinhistoricalJapaneseart.Hehascontinuedthisworkinsubsequentimpactfulexhibitions
suchas“Coloriage”(FondationCartierpourl’artcontemporain,Paris,2002)and“LittleBoy:TheArtofJapan’sExploding
Subcultures” (Japan Society, New York, 2005). In 2011, he organized the “New Day: Artists for Japan” international
charityauctioninresponsetothe2011Tōhokuearthquakeandtsunami.MurakamicurrentlylivesandworksinTokyo.
Self portrait of artist Takashi Murakami
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During the Qing dynasty, China closed off the entire country and cut off its connection with the outside world.
Qing Emperors were drenched in their own fantasies and felt no need to participate in global cultural exchanges.
The isolationist policies strangled the trades between China and Europe, and offered little spaces from artists to
learn from the Western painters with advanced techniques. Yet, few European artists at court managed to stay
in China thanks to their extraordinary skills in recreating life-like figures through accurate perspectives.
The Qing Emperor’s fantasies were destined to be unreal. Europeans formed a strong union to smash the gate
of China at the beginning of the 20th-century and officially tore down the Imperial government. In 1911, Sun
Yat-sen led the Xinhai revolution, which resulted in establishing the Republic of China. With the Sun Yat-sen’s
encouragement to learn and appropriate from the Western cultures, artists are empowered to absorb the foriegn
concept and skills in their art works. An amount of female artists started to emerge in Chinese art history; in
addition, female nude was no longer in Chinese art.
Chairman Mao Zedong founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Art became a means of political
propaganda from 1949 onward until the late 1970s. The old and tradition Chinese art was heavily criticized
by the Mao government due to the Destruction of Four Olds. However, the government encouraged artists to
employ socialist realism and to learn from Soviet Union’s political art. A proliferation of “low art” that depicts
the secular life of the rural class emerged; these sort of posters, paintings documented a complex decade in
Chinese history. Woman, as a subject matter, were marginal throughout the cruel Cultural Revolution.
ContemporaryChineseartisenjoyinganincreasinglypopularreputationontheinternationalstage.Contemporary
Chinese artists are bold and experimental. They vastly imported western ideas, and add the Chinese cultural
motifs onto them. Artists concern about politics, economy and culture; they contribute to promote the idea of
“China” to global audience. The role of female is perplexing in Chinese artists’ artworks. Depictions of beautiful
women indeed go beyond physical attractive appearance, and have emphasis in liberty and freedom among the
realm of Contemporary Chinese art. We can see the change in how a female is presented from late Qing period
to Contemporary China. The important social changes as wars, cultural movement have altered the artists’
perception and presentation in female beauty.
CHINA
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COLLECTION OF WILLIAM HAYNSWORTH
GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE
(1688-1766)
FRAGRANT CONCUBINE
Oil on Paper, framed
27 by 9 1/2 in. (68.6 by 49.5 cm)
Mid 18th Century
$ 100,000-150,000 05
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BornandraisedinMilan,Italy,GiuseppeCastiglionewasaJesuitandpainterwhoremainedactiveat
theQingcourtinChinaforover50years.HefedQingemperors’aestheticdesirewithhisknowledge
in fine arts and skills in painting life-like figures. Aiming to fit well in the cannon of art in China,
Castiglione experimented combining his western techniques, especially in linear perspective, with
the Chinese imperial taste for art. Yongzheng emperor expelled all the foreigners out of China;
yet, the European courtly artists were permitted to stay at court, and were even appointed for more
important tasks. Qianlong Emperor’s fascination in Western art and technology further promote
Castiglione’suniqueblendofEuropeansensibilitywithChineseappreciation.Castiglioneproduced
the utmost amount of paintings of various themes and figures thanks to Qianlong’s generous
patronage. Castiglione has also gained support from Qianlong to publish a book that introduced
WesterntechniquesofpaintingtoChineseaudience.HiseffortinpromotingtheEuropeanideologies
has delicately prepared the Chinese artists to turn a new page of painting in the modern history.
Few female subjects can be found in the Chinese painting repertoire. Elegantly attired, the lady
gazes directly at the viewer, and present the up-scale life quality that she is having. The lavish jade
jewellery and the well embroidered Manchu robe that she wears indicate her wealth and social
status. Though the identity cannot be precisely identified, the most convincing theory sees her as
the ‘Fragrant Concubine’. Although her beauty is stunning, her natural body scent captivated the
Qianlong emperor. The present painting is related with another painting that belongs to Madame
Chiang Kai-shek’s collection. Madame Chiang’s painting is attributed to Giuseppe Castiglione
and was known to be commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor as a tribute to his favourite consort.
Similar work by Artist
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
GUAN ZILAN
(1903-1986)
NUDE WOMAN WITH A FAN
Oil on Canvas
14 9/16 by 10 7/16 in. (37 by 26.5 cm)
1940
$ 100,000-145,000
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Guan Zilan was one of the female Chinese pioneer painters to learn and appropriate from Western
art and style in the early 20th century. After completing her undergraduate degree in Western
painting at Shanghai Zhonghua Art University, Guan was keen to study the advanced Western
painting techniques in France. Yet, the obstacles to France that Guan encountered seemed to
be difficult to conquer. Guan then was encouraged by her mentor Chen Baoyi to pursue further
studies in oil painting in Cultural Institute of Tokyo, Japan. Guan has already fostered high-level
of painting techniques before her departure to Japan; she later greatly absorbed the aesthetic
taste of the fauvist painters in Japan. Her works were frequently exhibited in famous museums
and galleries, such as Nika Exhibition, Ueno Art Exhibition and Hyogo Art Exhibition in Japan.
In Nude, Guan portrayed an oriental female nude in a Fauvist manner. Guan chose rather not
to idealize her physical body, but to include the faithful details. She sits on the chair with her
leg crossed, but not necessarily attempts to cover her genitalia from the viewers. She relaxes
her back while placing her right hands calmly by her thigh. She holds a fan, possibly Japanese,
in the other hand. Viewers are difficult to not to examine her large breast and her loose belly
underneath it. However, the nude is not shameful of revealing her imperfect body to the viewers,
on the contrary, she seems to communicate with the viewers by gazing back at them. The bright
and contrasting colour indeed strongly indicate the influences from the fauvist. The bold line
and the vivid colour enhance the emotional effect of the picture. Female nude can be barely
seen as a subject matter in art during the 40s in China. Guan’s exposure to Western art and
culture in Japan has empowered her to paint nudity in her works. Guan, as a modern literal
woman, had a smooth and successful career in both Japan and China. However, she refused to
paint after the Cultural Revolution in 1966 in order to preserve her unalterable artistic ambition.
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HUADONG RENMING MEISHU CHUBANSHE
NING HAO
(1910-1992)
WE ARE PROUD OF PARTICIPATING IN THE FOUNDING OF OUR
COUNTRY’S INDUSTIALISATION
Print
19 by 21 17/64 in. (78 by 54 cm)
Shanghai
$ 3,000-5,000
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The old-school representation of women is proved to be tenacious. Women in Chinese visual art
traditions are dedicated for male viewers’ gaze and consumption. By the early 20th century, the
advertising posters always feautured young and beautiful ladies with silky skin in qipao (Shanghai
dress), and they would promote the products along with their beauty. With the founding the People’s
RepublicofChina,bothofthetheoryandthepracticeofposterexperiencedenormouschanges.The
new government valued the designers and producers’ ability in visualizing commercially attractive
products. The rulers utilized and incorporated the reproductive functions of the poster as political
propaganda. The Chinese cultural authorities spared no efforts in passing the correct image of
women to the proletarian masses. They tried to reverse the image of female representatives, who
are only to be entertaining and domestically. The women in the new China era are encouraged
to participate in male-dominant industries. Women are encouraged to be a soldier, an industrial
worker and a farmer. It was the authorities’ needs to fill the lack of viable working population.
The title ‘We are Proud to Participate in the Industrialization of the Nation’ reveals the ambition of
cultural authorities. The “we” may refers to women that are willing to contribute to and accelerate
the country’s industrialization. The woman in the poster is masculinized: She wears a heavy jacket
and a pair of long trousers, and ties a white towel to protect her neck from the sparkles from the
roer. The helmet and the gloves prevent the potential injuries, yet also covers her female gender.
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GALERIE VOLKER DIEHL
LING JIAN
(1963-present)
RED BIBLE HOUR
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
47 3/4 by 29 1/2 in. (180 by 150 cm)
2006
$ 103,040-154,560
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ThisartworkisasignificantpieceintheChinesecynicalrealistmovement.LingJianalludeshisview
on the cultural regime in China through the intricate artistic technique. Ling uses a Chinese woman
who is refined looking as the subject matter to question the reality underneath the appearance, as
her beauty holds against the red book bound across her back. Ling includes Mao’s red bible in the
painting to highlight the political significance of the subject matter, and hints how the Communist
Party manipulated the secular life, and how deceptive the external appearance of Chinese life
can be. Ling Jian, like many of his contemporaries, intends to investigate the complex relationship
between the China of the past, and the China of the present, and to examine how the life of Chinese
women has been affected by the reconciliation between the past and the present. The painting
is visually attractive and impressive, yet Ling attaches a dark subtext to the image that makes
the artwork truly stunning. Despite the extraordinary beauty of the face, the woman’s neck and
body is distorted, and convey a sense of unease and tension, which symbolizes the torture, both
physical and psychological, under Communism, and the effect of ‘red book’ on women in China.
Ling Jian was born in Shandong Province, China in 1963. He studied in Qinghua University Art
College in Beijing. Soon after completing his degree in Beijing, Ling moved to Vienna, Austria to
further develop his artist career. During three decades of living in Vienna, Hamburg and Berlin,
Ling Jian became known for his stylized portraits – often produced on oversized circular canvases
– of beautiful and highly expressive women. Through these women, the artist was able to explore
themes ranging from materialism, wealth and political ideology to modern notions of female identity
and body image. Since returning to Beijing in 2003, Ling Jian has increasingly turned his attention
to conceptualizing contemporary Chinese identity. (Source: Ullens Center for Contemporary Art)
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In India a woman with a fiery temperament is often nicknamed Durga in recognition of the divine spark within
her. She is the fervent autonomous goddess who knows how to stand for herself.
The living traditions of India have always identified the female of the species with all that is sacred in nature. But
it is not always the warrior woman who is identified with the goddess, but also woman as playful, lovable, and of
course as the Mother. In a delightful vein it is conjectured that the kick of a woman is sufficient and necessary for
blossoms to spring from the sacred Ashoka tree. An entire ceremony has developed around this theme. Women
dance around this tree and gently kick it to bring it to bloom. Ancient Sanskrit poetry describes this happening
through the eyes of a jealous lover, who wishes that it were him, rather than the tree which benefited from the
touch of her foot:
‘She plucked its buds for her ear,
then repaid it with a gentle kick
I might have been the one she struck,
She might have taken the bud from me,
but I’m cheated by a tree!’
The idea being that by their mere touch, the fertilizing power of a woman was transferred to the tree, which then
burst into flowers. All things that arise from the earth in the form of vegetative life mirror the great generative
function of the Goddess. The process of transformation that is possible in a mortal woman mirrors the miracle
of growth that occurs in nature. Such figures emphasize the importance of fertility and its associated elements
of bearing and nourishing children. The female figure is an obvious emblem of fertility because of its association
with growth, abundance, and prosperity.
It comes as no surprise that prosperity and abundance too is visualized in the form of a female, namely the
Great Goddess Lakshmi. She is often shown holding a pitcher. This pitcher or pot in addition to being likened
to a womb, is said to be the pot of bounty, or the harbinger of prosperity. Indian aesthetic principles cutting
across all schools, sects, and traditions, state in a universal voice that all female forms should be endowed with
abundantly full breasts, a narrow waist and ample hips, symbolizing their child bearing capacities and also the
power to nourish and sustain their creations, the Mother Nature.
Ancient art texts known as the ‘Shilpa Shastras’ confirm that the potency of women’s fertility and its equation
with growth, abundance and prosperity led to women becoming a sign of the auspicious.
We can see all these qualities and forms of woman through from the British Raj (Raja Ravi Varma), to Modern
(George Keyt) and finally Contemporary art (M.F. Husain).
INDIA
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PROPERTY OF PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTER
RAJA RAVI VARMA
(1848-1906)
MALIYALI BEAUTY
Oil on Canvas
23 11/16 by 17 5/16 in. (60 by 44 cm)
$ 70,000-90,000
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RajaRaviVarmaisoneoftheearliestIndianartiststohavesuccessfullyadaptedWesternAcademic
painting styles to suit local Indian sensibilities. Having had no formal training in European art, Ravi
Varma observed and learned from European artists at the Travancore court during the British Raj.
He familiarized himself with the concepts of Realism and Naturalism and mastered the use of oil
painttocreatethree-dimensionalfiguresonflatsurfaces.AlthoughRaviVarmarelieduponWestern
techniques, his subject matter remained inherently Indian.

The Indian female in particular, was a
favorite subject for him. He often used Maliyali or Maharashtrian women as the prototype for his
works, endowing them with a sense of the sensual without overstepping the lines of propriety. In this
particular work, the artist presents the viewer with a young Maliyali lady, dressed in the traditional
sari worn by the women of Kerala, adorned with typical South Indian jewelry and flaunting an
elaborate hair arrangement. The exposed smoothness of the woman’s upper arms and shoulders
invests the work with a sensual energy that is heightened by her semi-transparent garment.
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IMPORTANT PRIVATE INDIAN COLLECTION
GEORGE KEYT
(1901-1993)
UNTITLED
Oil on Canvas
Signed& dated in English, lower left
35 by 25 in. (88.9 by 63.5 cm)
1973
$ 24,595-32,790
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George Keyt was one of Sri Lanka’s most celebrated artists of the 20th century. Keyt was born
in a family of Sinhalese-Dutch origin and was raised in a liberal, cultural environment. This
perhaps helped him assimilate aspects of Buddhist literature and temple architecture, as well
as Puranic narratives and Indian erotic iconography—an influence that would continue to reveal
itself in his works. Over a span of six decades, his oeuvre underwent a dramatic change in
form and style, following his encounter with the works of Picasso and Matisse in the 1930s.
The present lot from 1973 shows the extent and impact that the principles of Cubism had on
Keyt’s artistic vocabulary. Keyt’s bold, curvilinear strokes give a fullness and symmetry to a
scene that may otherwise appear disjointed owing to multiple perspectives. He uses colour as
a narrative device for societal hegemony, adding a sense of drama to the work. The woman
washing her hair appears to be of aristocratic lineage; her form and graceful poise a hint at
this. The woman attending to her with a basin in hand is relegated to a portion of the canvas,
huddled, waiting patiently. Keyt would base his subjects on the traditions of Sri Lanka, and
his astute use of colour and line to unravel a story adds a unique dimension to his works.
“The lyric painting of George Keyt is sensuous Indian poetry brought to canvas. [...] Keyt takes
as his primary theme woman as the focus of man’s concern. He paints her in flat planes, with
bounding lines and rich warmth of color. His idiom occasionally carries in it a hint of Picasso
but is, once again, in direct line with the traditional styles of Central India, Mewar, and
Bahsoli. But the originality of Keyt’s work is undoubted, and his work remains uniquely his
own.” (R. Bartholomew and S.S. Kapur, Husain, New York: Harry N.Abrams, Inc., 1972, p27)
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MASSACHUSETTS COLLECTION
NARAYAN SHRIDHAR BENDRE
(1910-1992)
ON RIVER GHAT
Oil on Board
Signed in Devanagri, lower left
47 3/4 by 29 1/2 in. (121.2 by 75 cm)
1957
$ 100,000-145,000
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“[Bendre] shuns obsession, any scientific or psychological dogma. He has no message. It is not
his business to preach. He only wishes to share with you the joys the world has in store.”
(R. Chatterji, Bendre: The Painter and the Person, 1990, p. 61)
Naray Shridhar Bendre was interested in the depiction of joy and the charms of rural India. With
great sensitivity, he painted women in comfortable rural settings engaged in social activities and
domestic tasks. 

 The current lot seems to retrace his memories, shows two women seated by the
river—one whose features are hidden by her red veil, and the other whose features are rendered
in minimalist dabs, staring at the water. The two pots stacked by their side seem to have been
forgotten about; the two women are preoccupied with other thoughts. Bendre’s placement of colour
divides the canvas in a manner that demands that one’s eyes travel across the canvas to take in
the entirety of the scene. Bendre underwent formal art training at the State School of Art, Indore.
Here he learnt the importance of direct observation, rather than miming through books. Bendre
learned to observe the effect of light at different times of the day—this play of light is rendered very
skilfully in most of his works where shapes are formed through an effective employment of colours.
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42
Other work by N.S. Bendre
Woman with Ganesha
Narayan Shridhar Bendre was born in 1910 in Indore. He got his early art education in the State Art School, Indore.
Later he obtained his Government Diploma in Art from Bombay in 1933. Being an enthusiastic traveler he visited
many places and captured them on his canvas throughout his career, often with different stylistic means. His initial
interests were conditioned by the quasi-mode-mist landscape painting of Indore School. Later his favorite subjects
were portraits of women in oils and gouache. He experimented with cubist, expressionist and abstract tendencies.
He combined European modernism with Indian formal thematic reflection in his work with a touch of elegance.
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PRIVATE COLLECTION IN MUMBAI
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA
(1924-2002)
NUDE IN CITY BACKGROUND
Oil on Board
Signed & dated in English, upper left
47 by 23 in. (119.4 by 58.4 cm)
1955
$ 163,000-245,000
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Francis Newton Souza’s works have reflected the influence of various schools of art: the folk
art of his native Goa, the full-blooded paintings of the Renaissance, the religious fervour of the
Catholic Church, the landscapes of the 18th and 19th century Europe and the path-breaking
paintings of the moderns. This nude figure’s downcast pose, colouring and her pregnancy
relate more specifically to a figure from Western Art History, Bathsheba. A figure from the Old
Testament, Bathsheba’s most famous portrayal is by Rembrandt, Bathsheba Bathing 1654,
which hangs in the Paris Louvre. In this work Rembrandt shows the moment in which King
David sees Bathsheba bathing and entranced, seduces her, after which she falls pregnant.
In order to marry Bathsheba and conceal his sin, David sends her husband into battle and
orders his generals to abandon him, leaving him to certain death. What drew Picasso,
Degas, Manet, Bazille and now Souza to do their own versions of Bathsheba was the moral
dilemma faced by the protagonist, her downcast eyes hint at the inner turmoil she is facing.
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ACQUIRED FROM VADEHRA ART GALLERY, NEW DELHI,1998
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSSAIN
(1924-2002)
UNTITLED
Acrylic on Canvas
Signed ‘Husain’, upper left
36 by 36 in. (90 by 90 cm)
1997-98
$ 80,000-90,000
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In Untitled, the background is illuminated in varying shades of reds and peaches while the
woman and horse are executed in a less dynamic palette. This makes the background dramatize
the painting, making the woman the focal point of this work. Her nude body is painted with a
sensitivity and reverence archetypal of Husain’s treatment of the female form. The intermingling of
predation and seduction, violence and desire, power and vulnerability, reality and mystery forges
a heavy dialogue that aptly expresses the climactic emotions that Husain wished to portray here.
S. Kapur states, ‘The prime symbol of Husain’s total view of life is the woman, again perhaps the
Indianwoman.Forpaincomestowomanashernaturalstate,thegivingofbirthand,becauseofbirth,
an awareness of dissolution. Woman is the sentient point of man’s natural being. She has curiosity,
she suffers, she gives birth willingly. There is pity in her eyes, as there is love in her breast. Man is,
according to Husain, virile only in heroism, is broken by pain. Husain paints women because these
are not heroic times and, tenderly joyous or suffering, women remain vital. With a comprehensive
view of life investing them, Husain has progressively laid bare his figures. They are given no
landscape of time and place, no background except carefully worked tonal tensions. These figures
have no drapery. They come clothed only in colour. […] They come from a territory of the mind,
at once idea and living reality.’ (S. Kapur, Husain, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1961, pp. v-vi)
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Magamejia AuctionH
IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART
EVENING SALE
AUCTION IN LONDON 22 JUNE 2014
PABLO	
  PICASSO	
  
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  au	
  	
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  turc	
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Magamejia AuctionH
ART OF IMPERIAL INDIA
AUCTION 10 OCTOBER 2014
An exceptional diamond-set and broach
North India, 18th Century
Estimate $350,000-450,000
Enquiries +44 (0)2 0729 5331 | magamejia.com
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determines	
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determines	
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insufficient,	
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fulfillment	
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herein,	
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hammer,	
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and	
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winning	
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may	
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  annual	
  percentage	
  
rate	
  of	
  Prime	
  +6%	
  of	
  the	
  total	
  purchase	
  price	
  if	
  
payment	
  is	
  not	
  made	
  in	
  accordance	
  with	
  the	
  
conditions	
  set	
  forth	
  herein.	
  Please	
  note	
  
Magamejia	
  reserves	
  the	
  right	
  to	
  refuse	
  to	
  
accept	
  payment	
  from	
  a	
  source	
  other	
  than	
  the	
  
buyer	
  of	
  record.	
  
Unless	
  otherwise	
  agreed	
  by	
  Magamejia,	
  all	
  
property	
  must	
  be	
  removed	
  from	
  our	
  premises	
  
by	
  the	
  purchaser	
  at	
  his	
  expense	
  not	
  later	
  than	
  
30	
  calendar	
  days	
  following	
  its	
  sale.	
  Buyers	
  are	
  
reminded	
  that	
  Magamejia	
  liability	
  for	
  loss	
  or	
  
damage	
  to	
  sold	
  property	
  shall	
  cease	
  no	
  later	
  
than	
  30	
  calendar	
  days	
  after	
  the	
  date	
  of	
  the	
  
auction.	
  If	
  any	
  applicable	
  conditions	
  herein	
  are	
  
not	
  complied	
  with	
  by	
  the	
  purchaser,	
  the	
  
purchaser	
  will	
  be	
  in	
  default	
  and	
  in	
  addition	
  to	
  
any	
  and	
  all	
  other	
  remedies	
  available	
  to	
  us	
  and	
  
the	
  Consignor	
  by	
  law,	
  including,	
  without	
  
limitation,	
  the	
  right	
  to	
  hold	
  the	
  purchaser	
  
liable	
  for	
  the	
  total	
  purchase	
  price,	
  including	
  all	
  
fees,	
  charges	
  and	
  expenses	
  more	
  fully	
  set	
  
forth	
  herein,	
  we,	
  at	
  our	
  option,	
  may	
  	
  (x)	
  cancel	
  
the	
  sale	
  of	
  that,	
  or	
  any	
  other	
  lot	
  or	
  lots	
  to	
  the	
  
defaulting	
  purchaser	
  at	
  the	
  same	
  or	
  any	
  other	
  
auction,	
  relating	
  as	
  liquidated	
  damages	
  all	
  
payments	
  made	
  by	
  the	
  purchaser,	
  or	
  (y)	
  resell	
  
the	
  purchased	
  property,	
  whether	
  at	
  public	
  
auction	
  or	
  by	
  private	
  sale,	
  or	
  (z)	
  effect	
  any	
  
combination	
  thereof.	
  In	
  any	
  case,	
  the	
  
purchaser	
  will	
  be	
  liable	
  for	
  any	
  deficiency,	
  any	
  
and	
  all	
  costs,	
  handling	
  charges,	
  late	
  charges,	
  
expenses	
  of	
  both	
  sales,	
  our	
  commission	
  on	
  
both	
  sales	
  at	
  our	
  regular	
  rates,	
  legal	
  fees	
  and	
  
expenses,	
  collection	
  fees	
  and	
  incidental	
  
damages.	
  We	
  may,	
  in	
  our	
  sole	
  discretion,	
  
apply	
  any	
  proceeds	
  of	
  sale	
  then	
  due	
  to	
  the	
  
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purchaser	
  from	
  us	
  or	
  any	
  affiliated	
  company,	
  
whether	
  or	
  not	
  intended	
  to	
  reduce	
  the	
  
purchaser’s	
  obligations	
  with	
  respect	
  to	
  the	
  
unpaid	
  lot	
  or	
  lots,	
  to	
  the	
  deficiency	
  and	
  any	
  
other	
  amounts	
  due	
  to	
  us	
  or	
  any	
  affiliated	
  
companies.	
  In	
  addition,	
  a	
  defaulting	
  purchaser	
  
will	
  be	
  deemed	
  to	
  have	
  granted	
  and	
  assigned	
  
to	
  us	
  and	
  our	
  affiliated	
  companies,	
  a	
  
continuing	
  security	
  interest	
  of	
  first	
  priority	
  in	
  
any	
  property	
  or	
  money	
  of	
  or	
  owing	
  to	
  such	
  
purchaser	
  in	
  our	
  possession,	
  custody	
  or	
  
control	
  of	
  any	
  of	
  our	
  affiliated	
  companies,	
  in	
  
each	
  case	
  whether	
  at	
  the	
  time	
  of	
  the	
  auction,	
  
the	
  default	
  or	
  if	
  acquired	
  at	
  any	
  time	
  
thereafter,	
  and	
  we	
  may	
  retain	
  and	
  apply	
  such	
  
property	
  or	
  money	
  as	
  collateral	
  security	
  for	
  
the	
  obligations	
  due	
  to	
  us	
  or	
  to	
  any	
  affiliated	
  
companies	
  of	
  ours.	
  
We	
  shall	
  have	
  all	
  of	
  the	
  rights	
  accorded	
  a	
  
secured	
  party	
  under	
  the	
  New	
  York	
  Uniform	
  
Commercial	
  Code	
  without	
  your	
  signature.	
  
Payment	
  will	
  not	
  be	
  deemed	
  to	
  have	
  been	
  
made	
  in	
  full	
  until	
  we	
  have	
  collected	
  good	
  
funds.	
  Any	
  claims	
  relating	
  to	
  any	
  purchase,	
  
including	
  any	
  claims	
  under	
  the	
  Conditions	
  of	
  
Sale	
  or	
  Terms	
  of	
  Guarantee,	
  must	
  be	
  
presented	
  directly	
  to	
  Magamejia.	
  In	
  the	
  event	
  
the	
  purchaser	
  fails	
  to	
  pay	
  any	
  or	
  all	
  of	
  the	
  total	
  
purchase	
  price	
  for	
  any	
  lot	
  and	
  Magamejia	
  
nonetheless	
  elects	
  to	
  pay	
  the	
  Consignor	
  any	
  
portion	
  of	
  the	
  sale	
  proceeds,	
  the	
  purchaser	
  
acknowledges	
  that	
  Magamejia	
  shall	
  have	
  all	
  of	
  
the	
  rights	
  of	
  the	
  Consignor	
  to	
  pursue	
  the	
  
purchaser	
  for	
  any	
  amount	
  paid	
  to	
  the	
  
Consignor,	
  whether	
  at	
  law,	
  in	
  equity,	
  or	
  under	
  
these	
  Conditions	
  of	
  Sale.	
  
10.	
  	
  Governing	
  Law	
  and	
  Jurisdiction	
  	
  These	
  
Conditions	
  of	
  Sale	
  and	
  Terms	
  of	
  Guarantee,	
  as	
  
well	
  as	
  bidder’s,	
  the	
  purchaser’s	
  and	
  our	
  
respective	
  tights	
  and	
  obligations	
  hereunder,	
  
shall	
  be	
  governed	
  by	
  and	
  construed	
  and	
  
enforced	
  in	
  accordance	
  with	
  the	
  laws	
  of	
  the	
  
State	
  of	
  New	
  York.	
  By	
  bidding	
  at	
  an	
  auction,	
  
whether	
  present	
  in	
  person	
  or	
  agent,	
  order	
  bid,	
  
telephone	
  bid,	
  online	
  bid	
  or	
  other	
  means,	
  all	
  
bidders	
  including	
  the	
  purchaser,	
  shall	
  be	
  
deemed	
  to	
  have	
  consented	
  to	
  the	
  exclusive	
  
jurisdiction	
  of	
  the	
  state	
  courts	
  of,	
  and	
  the	
  
federal	
  courts	
  sitting	
  in,	
  the	
  State	
  of	
  New	
  York.	
  
All	
  parties	
  agree,	
  however	
  that	
  Magamejia	
  
shall	
  retain	
  the	
  right	
  to	
  bring	
  proceedings	
  in	
  a	
  
court	
  other	
  than	
  the	
  state	
  and	
  federal	
  courts	
  
sitting	
  in	
  the	
  State	
  of	
  New	
  York.	
  
11.	
  	
  Packing	
  and	
  Shipping	
  We	
  are	
  not	
  
responsible	
  for	
  the	
  acts	
  or	
  omissions	
  in	
  our	
  
packing	
  or	
  shipping	
  of	
  purchased	
  lots	
  or	
  of	
  
other	
  carriers	
  or	
  packers	
  of	
  purchased	
  lots,	
  
whether	
  or	
  not	
  recommended	
  by	
  us.	
  Packing	
  
and	
  handling	
  of	
  purchased	
  lots	
  is	
  at	
  the	
  entire	
  
risk	
  of	
  the	
  purchaser.	
  
12.	
  	
  Limitation	
  of	
  Liability	
  In	
  no	
  event	
  will	
  our	
  
liability	
  to	
  a	
  purchaser	
  exceed	
  the	
  purchase	
  
price	
  actually	
  paid	
  
13.	
  	
  Data	
  protection	
  Magamejia	
  will	
  use	
  
information	
  provided	
  by	
  its	
  clients	
  for	
  the	
  
provision	
  of	
  auction	
  and	
  other	
  art	
  related	
  
services,	
  loan	
  services,	
  client	
  administration,	
  
marketing	
  and	
  otherwise	
  to	
  manage	
  and	
  
operate	
  its	
  business,	
  or	
  as	
  required	
  by	
  law.	
  
This	
  will	
  include	
  information	
  such	
  as	
  the	
  
client’s	
  name	
  and	
  contact	
  details,	
  proof	
  of	
  
identity,	
  financial	
  information,	
  records	
  of	
  the	
  
client’s	
  transactions,	
  and	
  preferences.	
  Some	
  
gathering	
  of	
  information	
  about	
  Magamejia’s	
  
clients	
  will	
  take	
  place	
  using	
  technical	
  means	
  to	
  
identify	
  their	
  preferences	
  in	
  order	
  to	
  provide	
  a	
  
higher	
  quality	
  of	
  service	
  to	
  them.	
  Magamejia	
  
may	
  also	
  disclose	
  the	
  client	
  information	
  to	
  
other	
  Magamejia’s	
  companies.	
  Sometimes,	
  
Magamejia	
  may	
  also	
  disclose	
  this	
  information	
  
to	
  carefully	
  selected	
  third	
  parties	
  for	
  their	
  own	
  
marketing	
  purposes.	
  
If	
  you	
  do	
  not	
  wish	
  your	
  details	
  to	
  be	
  used	
  for	
  
this	
  purpose,	
  please	
  contact	
  our	
  clients	
  
service.	
  
If	
  the	
  client	
  provides	
  Magamejia	
  with	
  
information	
  that	
  is	
  defined	
  by	
  European	
  data	
  
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protection	
  laws	
  as	
  “sensitive”,	
  the	
  client	
  
agrees	
  that	
  it	
  may	
  be	
  used	
  for	
  the	
  purposes	
  
set	
  out	
  above.	
  
In	
  the	
  course	
  of	
  these	
  disclosures,	
  personal	
  
data	
  collected	
  in	
  the	
  European	
  Economic	
  Area	
  
may	
  be	
  disclosed	
  to	
  countries	
  outside	
  the	
  
European	
  Economic	
  Area.	
  Although	
  such	
  
countries	
  may	
  not	
  have	
  legislation	
  that	
  
protects	
  a	
  client’s	
  personal	
  information,	
  
Magamejia	
  shall	
  take	
  great	
  care	
  to	
  keep	
  such	
  
information	
  secure	
  and	
  in	
  accordance	
  with	
  the	
  
European	
  Data	
  protection	
  principles.	
  By	
  
agreeing	
  to	
  these	
  Conditions	
  of	
  Business,	
  the	
  
client	
  is	
  agreeing	
  to	
  such	
  disclosure.	
  
Please	
  be	
  aware	
  that	
  Magamejia	
  may	
  film	
  
auctions	
  or	
  other	
  activities	
  on	
  Magamejia	
  
premises	
  and	
  that	
  such	
  recordings	
  may	
  be	
  
transmitted	
  over	
  the	
  internet	
  via	
  Magamejia’s	
  
website.	
  
Telephone	
  bids	
  may	
  be	
  recorded.	
  
Under	
  European	
  Data	
  protection	
  laws,	
  a	
  client	
  
may	
  object,	
  by	
  request	
  and	
  free	
  of	
  charge,	
  to	
  
the	
  processing	
  of	
  their	
  information	
  for	
  certain	
  
purposes,	
  including	
  direct	
  marketing	
  and	
  may	
  
access	
  and	
  rectify	
  personal	
  data	
  relating	
  to	
  
them	
  and	
  may	
  obtain	
  more	
  information	
  about	
  
Magamejia	
  data	
  protection	
  policy	
  by	
  writing	
  
to	
  Magamejia.	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
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SPECIALIST & AUCTION ENQUIRIES
Rufus Chen
China Art Specialist
rufus.chen@magamejia.ac.uk
Yoshi Marutani
Japan Art Specialist
yoshi.marutani@magamejia.ac.uk
Diya Mehta
India Art Specialist
diya.mehta@magamejia.ac.uk
Camille Gardella
Head of Marketing & Client Relations
camille.gardella@magamejia.ac.uk
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  • 1. 1 MULIEBRITY “...but most of all unwilling to forget her or to explain to anyone the greatness and the power glistening through her” Magamejia AuctionH
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  • 5. CONTENTS 6 AUCTION INFORMATION 8 PREFACE 12 JAPAN 24 CHINA 34 INDIA 49 CONDITIONS OF SALE 53 GUIDE FOR ABSENTEE BIDDERS 55 SPECIALISTS AND AUCTION ENQUIRIES 56 ABSENTEE BID FORM
  • 7. AUCTION IN LONDON 8 MAY 2014 7:00PM CHARITY SALE EXHIBITION FRIDAY 2 MAY 2014 10.00 AM – 5.00 PM SATURDAY 3 MAY 2014 10.00 AM – 5.00 PM SUNDAY 4 MAY 2014 10.00 AM – 5.00 PM MONDAY 5 MAY2014 10.00 AM – 5.00 PM TUESDAY 6 MAY 2014 10.00 AM – 5.00 PM MULIEBRITY
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  • 9. 8 PREFACE Since time immemorial women have been worshipped, adored, cherished and admired. However, they have been simultaneously defamed, castigated and condemned as demonstrated by the history of art. The woman can be symbol of fertility, ideal of beauty, vector of dream, Eve temptress, ideal of purity, Virgo which intercedes, partner of the man, the civilizing, absolute maternity and the love, the whore, the courtesan, the femme fatale, the woman warrior, fragile woman, woman object, woman victim, spread woman, asserted woman... More than a simple subject matter, the representation of the woman reflects in art the aesthetic, sociological, moral conceptions and the time in which the work was created. How women are portrayed in art tells much about the status and roles of women in society and the place where men wanted them. Through this exceptional sale organized for the benefit of the association The Asia Foundation which celebrates its 60th birthday, Magamejia proposes a journey through India, Japan and China and their perceptions of the Woman since the 18th century. This sale helps to understand the evolution of artist’s mentalities and freedom and how depictions of the Woman in Asia are different from the Western depiction. These depictions reflect changing attitudes and different artistic movements, influenced or not by the Western art. From a young and traditional Maliyali lady to a very provocative “Bisiyoujo” , those works represent the quintessence of the Asian beauty with its sensuality, delicateness and subtility. .
  • 10. 9 ABOUT THE CAUSE The Asia Foundation celebrates its 60th anniversary and remains committed to the mission of improving lives, expanding opportunities, and helping societies flourish all across the region. This milestone is an extraordinary accomplishment and reflects The Asian Foundation founders’ values and commitment to Asia’s sustainable growth and development. Formorethanhalfacentury,TheAsiaFoundationhasbeenaleaderinhelpingwomentorealizetheir potential. This foundation believes that investing in women fundamentally strengthens families andsocieties.TheWomen’sEmpowermentProgramdevelopswomen’sleadership,strengthens women’s organizations, increases women’s rights and ensures their personal security, and creates new political and economic opportunities for women across the Asia-Pacific region. Women across the region are still denied their rights under the law and in practice. Strengthening women’s legal rights has been a hallmark of the Foundation’s work for decades. The Foundation supports projects to increase both the demand and supply side of women’s rights and access to justice. The Foundation supports legal rights education for women, legal aid to enable them to claim their rights, and supports local efforts to reform laws and policies that discriminate against women and increase government accountability on enforcement. Trafficking of persons is a high priority issue for the Foundation because it is a compelling human rights problem and a multi-faceted governance issue that is both exacerbated by and contributes toweaklegalstructuresandpubliccorruption.TheAsiaFoundationbringsdistinctive strengths to combating trafficking by directly addressing the governance issues that surround the incidence of trafficking and by promoting multi-faceted, integrated approaches to respond to it. Foundation programs empower the vulnerable to better protect themselves, both with safe migrationandlegalrightsinformationandwithinterventionstoimprovetheireconomicposition. In no country in Asia are women entirely safe from the threat of domestic violence. Domestic violence is a human rights issue, but it is also a problem with wide-ranging socio-economic consequences. Even where laws exist, often inaccessible legal comprehensive women’s bill in Laos that includes trafficking and violence against women.
  • 11. 10 systems and societal attitudes add to the trauma experienced by victims of violence. The Foundation’s pivotal support across the region has resulted in some major achievements, including passage of a domestic violence law in Mongolia and passage of a comprehensive women’s bill in Laos that includes trafficking and violence against women. .
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  • 13. 12 JAPAN During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Japan, as many other countries around the world experienced a turbulent time-closing the country’s trade, called Sakoku. This was because of the fear of Christian missionaries from the west plotting the invasion of Japan during the Edo period. This was followed by the Meiji restoration in 1868, which saw dramatic efforts to modernize Japan politically, socially, economically and culturally. Japan was then actively involved in two world wars, invaded militarily into neighboring countries before being defeated by the U.S, ending the war with detonations of two atomic bombs. The heart of depictions of women in Japan has been rooted in the traditional practice of Bijinga in Ukiyo-e. It started in the seventeenth century. The term Bijinga literally means ‘picture of a beautiful woman’ in Japanese woodblock print which was the most popular subject in Ukiyo-e print, targeting the audience of the merchant class people. In this sense, Bijinga shared a similar notion with contemporary fashion magazines and posters depicting women who would be considered as beautiful and fashionable and therefore reflecting the demand of the audiences at that time. After the Meiji restoration, known as the modern period Japan opened up its trade with the west and then there were western influences on mediums, perspectives, relations between light and shadow, and so on-this gave rise to western-style painting called Yoga. On contrary, Japanese-style painting called Nihonga, which is essentially associated with a type of painting rendered with iwaenogu (mineral pigments) and gofun (shell white), mixed in a nikawa (animal glue) medium, was continued to be produced in a traditional way as well as adopting new techniques from the West keeping predominant elements of the Japanese art style of flatness. Heavy influences of traditional Bijinga can be seen in the Nihonga depiction of women. Most of the artists and art works from this period were and still are predominantly popular among Japanese collectors with only a handful of exceptions like Leonard-Tsuguharu Foujita, who is considered as the most successful modern Japanese artists, renowned internationally. In the post-war period, various Japanese artists received international recognitions conducting art movements such as Gutai in 1950s; responding to the reactionary artistic context of the time, Monoha in 1960s and 70s; questioning not only the traditions of Western art that the East had so recently inherited but by extension to challenge conventional notions of art. Women, as subject matter, were marginal during this period. Even though Japanese contemporary art may not contribute in phenomenal international art movement groups mentioned above, important artists of the twenty-first century, namely Murakami Takashi, Yayoi Kusama, and Nara Yoshimoto, enjoy their international status and strong presence in major contemporary auctions. Many aspects of females depicted in contemporary Japanese art are influenced by the popular culture of manga (comics) where girls, rather than women, are formed based on males’ fantasies and depicted in a heavily idealized and indiscreet forms. The Otaku aesthetics, that is to say people who obsess with manga, anime and video games, has become known Japanese culture and it does not represent the whole nation’s fetish, but it could be argued that such movement is the reaction against real-life women in the twenty-first century. Although the glance of paintings by Murakami Takashi is new and contemporary, it is important that his paintings have a strong awareness of the flatness of nihonga.
  • 14. 13 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753-1806) BEAUTY IN FRONT OF A MIRROR Woodblock print on paper Signed by artist Edo Period $ 100,000-145,000 01
  • 15. 14 Kitagawa Utamaro was one of the most known Ukyio-e print makers in Edo period (1603-1868). Ukyio-e, meaning “the picture of floating world” in Japanese, was made for commercial mass reproduction, and served as a tool to record and introduce the Japanese urban fashions to readers domestically and internationally. Subject matters of kabuki, geisha, theaters, or even sexual scenes dominated at the realm of Ukyio-e. In Beauty in fron of a Mirror, a Japanese Geisha is applying white base to her face, neck and shoulder with her bare hand. She gazes at herself in the mirror as if she is appreciating her own beauty. Her hair is neatly tied up to a shimada hair style, which Utamaro adds strong lines to emphasize the texture of her well-maintained oriental hair. The mirror is an intricate element in this print: the Geisha faces the audience with her back, and slightly slides her kimono down off her shoulder. The nape of the neck, to men at that time, was seen as the most arousing part of a woman’s body. The Geisha shows her nape from a back view, yet manages to articulate her beautiful face via the mirror she is holding. The mirror does not only enable the Utamaro to present the Geisha’s beauty from the front and the back, but also creates a voyeuristic sense for the image: the Geisha is not aware that viewers are examining her beauty from her back, while she is putting make-up prior to her dancing performance.
  • 16. 15 02 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION YAMAKAMA SHUHO (1898-1994) SPRING FIELDS Screen, Ink, Gold and Gold Leaf on Silk 82 9/3 by 68 45/64 in. (163.8 by 172.1 cm) 1920 $ 20,000-25,000
  • 17. 16 Spring Fields is a classic example of the artist’s early work. A young woman with katsugi pulled over her head walks among fern shoots and early spring flowers. The artist shows off his talent for painstakingly precise and subtle detail in the sumptuous kimono patterns and the complex designs on the obi. Shuho was master of nihonga (Japanese-style painting) and well known for his paintings and illustrations of beautiful women, or bijinga. In 1919, he made his artistic debut, entering nihonga paintings in the government-sponsored Teiten exhibition. He worked with traditional media in traditional format, but is known for his commitment to modernism. He liked to build his paintings in layers. Here, he laid down a gold-leaf ground, then covered the gold leaf with loosely woven silk that serves as the base for the painting. The effect is luxurious. Screen paintings by Shuho in American collections include Relaxing in the Shade (1933) in the Art Institute of Chicago, published in Janice Katz, Beyond Golden Clouds (2009), pl. 28; and Three Sisters (1936) in the Honolulu Museum of Art.
  • 18. 17 03 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1986) NU ALLONGE A LA TOLLE DE JOUY Oil on Canvas Signed, dated and inscribed ‘Foujita’ 29 1/2 by 39 3/8 in. (75 by 100 cm) 1949 $ 500,000-700,000
  • 19. 18 In Nu allonge a la toile de Jouy, Foujita boldly returns to the reclining nude motif which he first explored, to immediate acclaim, in the early 1920s: “Foujita liked to depict nude women just as they were, without making them the subject of allegory or history. For a long time he remained particularly fond of painting nudes lying down, as can be seen, for example, in Reclining Nude with a Cat or Reclining Nude with Toile de Jouy. It is their simplicity, serenity, and purity of line that makes his nudes at once so lifelike and so chaste. The way the forms are modeled, with scarcely any shading and very little color, recalls the stump technique the artist used so often in his drawings. Thibault Sisson wrote of Foujita, “It is the relief without shading of M. Ingres--with whom, indeed, Foujita seems to have as much in common as with his Japanese ancestors--a relief which is suggested, at least in its essentials, merely by the supple arabesques of the lines’” (J. Selz, Foujita, New York, 1981, pp. 32 and 61). In 1947, not long after the conclusion of the Second World War, Foujita received an old friend from Paris, the left-wing poet and journalist Harry Roskolenko, at his Tokyo home. In the course of the visit, the embattled artist mused about his dearth of American support and the possibility of inroads into the country’s comparatively prosperous post-war market: “I have sold only three paintings to the Americans... They do not know of me. They do not come and so I am hungry. I want to leave. Can you get me a visa to America? Can you get me a big exhibition?” (quoted in P. Birnbaum, Glory in a Line, A Life of Foujita, The Artist Caught Between East and West, New York, 2006, p. 274). Despite the poorly received exhibition which Roskolenko arranged for the artist at the Kennedy & Company Galleries in New York in September 1947, Foujita would make it there himself two short years later on the strength of teaching positions at the Brooklyn Art and New Schools. Owing to simmering post-war tensions, the artist ended up working at neither. The present nude was executed during this nonetheless fecund year, in which he enjoyed his own one-man show at the Mathias Komor Gallery in November before returning to France on 27 January 1950.
  • 20. 19 04 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION MURAKAMI TAKASHI (1962-present) MISS KO2 Acrlic on Canvas-mounted on board 1996 $ 841,550-1,178,170
  • 21. 20 This painting of Miss KO2, which is based on his life-size figure named the same, depicts a young woman with long blonde hair that cascades down her back, huge, innocent eyes, fair skin as smooth as marble, a tiny waist and mile long legs. She wears the transparent nature of the made uniform, which hints at the shape of her nipples, as the outfit clings tightly to her breasts. The skirt itself pays tribute to the description mini-skirt; it hardly covers her sexuality. She is based on a character that Murakami selected from “the fighting ‘bisyoujo’ (Japanese slang for beautiful young girl) game Viable Geo, who wore a waitress uniform from the chain restaurant Anna Millers”. In this video game, Miss ko2 is based on a female character that is a secret agent for the Japanese government. The figure displays every straight male’s fantasy in body and mind, mixing the innocence of youth with the sophistication of sexual prowess. Miss KO2 gives the impression of being a virgin with a courtesan’s knowledge of the world of pleasure. Much of Murakami’s work derives from Japanese ‘otaku’ or ‘geek’ culture, typified by males obsessed with the world of comic books, video games and animation, a Japanese pop culture phenomena. Murakami combined his conventional practice of nihonga that he learned in the art school and his obsession to develop a new vocabulary in contemporary art. Beginning in the mid 1990’s Murakami incorporated the culture’s aesthetic of his childhood, that is to say the mass production of popular culture and the presence of America’s Walt Disney, into meticulously created paintings, at once, a reinterpretation both of American Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. Just as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein established a relation between the ‘high and low’ art by referring to Pop culture in their paintings, so too did Murakami, who developed characters that are a cross between Mickey Mouse and Hello Kitty. Through these developments, Murakami realized that it is through the environment that surrounds us that one can gain a deeper understanding of society. By incorporating the flatness of traditional, uni-dimensional Japanese painting, and contemporary American and Japanese popular culture, the artist created a Disney-like, Japanese animation style uniquely his own.
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  • 23. 22 Takashi Murakami received his BFA, MFA and PhD from the Tokyo University of the Arts. In 1996 he founded Kaikai Kiki, an art production and art management corporation. In addition to the production and marketing of Murakami’s art and related work, Kaikai Kiki functions as a supportive environment for the fostering of emerging artists. Murakami’s major solo exhibitions include Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris; Serpentine Gallery, London (2002); Chateau de Versailles, France (2010). Murakamiisalsoacurator,aculturalentrepreneur,andacriticalobserverofcontemporaryJapanesesociety.In2000, he organized a paradigmatic exhibition of Japanese art titled “Superflat,” which traced the origins of contemporary JapanesevisualpopcultureinhistoricalJapaneseart.Hehascontinuedthisworkinsubsequentimpactfulexhibitions suchas“Coloriage”(FondationCartierpourl’artcontemporain,Paris,2002)and“LittleBoy:TheArtofJapan’sExploding Subcultures” (Japan Society, New York, 2005). In 2011, he organized the “New Day: Artists for Japan” international charityauctioninresponsetothe2011Tōhokuearthquakeandtsunami.MurakamicurrentlylivesandworksinTokyo. Self portrait of artist Takashi Murakami
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  • 25. 24 During the Qing dynasty, China closed off the entire country and cut off its connection with the outside world. Qing Emperors were drenched in their own fantasies and felt no need to participate in global cultural exchanges. The isolationist policies strangled the trades between China and Europe, and offered little spaces from artists to learn from the Western painters with advanced techniques. Yet, few European artists at court managed to stay in China thanks to their extraordinary skills in recreating life-like figures through accurate perspectives. The Qing Emperor’s fantasies were destined to be unreal. Europeans formed a strong union to smash the gate of China at the beginning of the 20th-century and officially tore down the Imperial government. In 1911, Sun Yat-sen led the Xinhai revolution, which resulted in establishing the Republic of China. With the Sun Yat-sen’s encouragement to learn and appropriate from the Western cultures, artists are empowered to absorb the foriegn concept and skills in their art works. An amount of female artists started to emerge in Chinese art history; in addition, female nude was no longer in Chinese art. Chairman Mao Zedong founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Art became a means of political propaganda from 1949 onward until the late 1970s. The old and tradition Chinese art was heavily criticized by the Mao government due to the Destruction of Four Olds. However, the government encouraged artists to employ socialist realism and to learn from Soviet Union’s political art. A proliferation of “low art” that depicts the secular life of the rural class emerged; these sort of posters, paintings documented a complex decade in Chinese history. Woman, as a subject matter, were marginal throughout the cruel Cultural Revolution. ContemporaryChineseartisenjoyinganincreasinglypopularreputationontheinternationalstage.Contemporary Chinese artists are bold and experimental. They vastly imported western ideas, and add the Chinese cultural motifs onto them. Artists concern about politics, economy and culture; they contribute to promote the idea of “China” to global audience. The role of female is perplexing in Chinese artists’ artworks. Depictions of beautiful women indeed go beyond physical attractive appearance, and have emphasis in liberty and freedom among the realm of Contemporary Chinese art. We can see the change in how a female is presented from late Qing period to Contemporary China. The important social changes as wars, cultural movement have altered the artists’ perception and presentation in female beauty. CHINA
  • 26. 25 COLLECTION OF WILLIAM HAYNSWORTH GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE (1688-1766) FRAGRANT CONCUBINE Oil on Paper, framed 27 by 9 1/2 in. (68.6 by 49.5 cm) Mid 18th Century $ 100,000-150,000 05
  • 27. 26 BornandraisedinMilan,Italy,GiuseppeCastiglionewasaJesuitandpainterwhoremainedactiveat theQingcourtinChinaforover50years.HefedQingemperors’aestheticdesirewithhisknowledge in fine arts and skills in painting life-like figures. Aiming to fit well in the cannon of art in China, Castiglione experimented combining his western techniques, especially in linear perspective, with the Chinese imperial taste for art. Yongzheng emperor expelled all the foreigners out of China; yet, the European courtly artists were permitted to stay at court, and were even appointed for more important tasks. Qianlong Emperor’s fascination in Western art and technology further promote Castiglione’suniqueblendofEuropeansensibilitywithChineseappreciation.Castiglioneproduced the utmost amount of paintings of various themes and figures thanks to Qianlong’s generous patronage. Castiglione has also gained support from Qianlong to publish a book that introduced WesterntechniquesofpaintingtoChineseaudience.HiseffortinpromotingtheEuropeanideologies has delicately prepared the Chinese artists to turn a new page of painting in the modern history. Few female subjects can be found in the Chinese painting repertoire. Elegantly attired, the lady gazes directly at the viewer, and present the up-scale life quality that she is having. The lavish jade jewellery and the well embroidered Manchu robe that she wears indicate her wealth and social status. Though the identity cannot be precisely identified, the most convincing theory sees her as the ‘Fragrant Concubine’. Although her beauty is stunning, her natural body scent captivated the Qianlong emperor. The present painting is related with another painting that belongs to Madame Chiang Kai-shek’s collection. Madame Chiang’s painting is attributed to Giuseppe Castiglione and was known to be commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor as a tribute to his favourite consort. Similar work by Artist
  • 28. 27 06 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION GUAN ZILAN (1903-1986) NUDE WOMAN WITH A FAN Oil on Canvas 14 9/16 by 10 7/16 in. (37 by 26.5 cm) 1940 $ 100,000-145,000
  • 29. 28 Guan Zilan was one of the female Chinese pioneer painters to learn and appropriate from Western art and style in the early 20th century. After completing her undergraduate degree in Western painting at Shanghai Zhonghua Art University, Guan was keen to study the advanced Western painting techniques in France. Yet, the obstacles to France that Guan encountered seemed to be difficult to conquer. Guan then was encouraged by her mentor Chen Baoyi to pursue further studies in oil painting in Cultural Institute of Tokyo, Japan. Guan has already fostered high-level of painting techniques before her departure to Japan; she later greatly absorbed the aesthetic taste of the fauvist painters in Japan. Her works were frequently exhibited in famous museums and galleries, such as Nika Exhibition, Ueno Art Exhibition and Hyogo Art Exhibition in Japan. In Nude, Guan portrayed an oriental female nude in a Fauvist manner. Guan chose rather not to idealize her physical body, but to include the faithful details. She sits on the chair with her leg crossed, but not necessarily attempts to cover her genitalia from the viewers. She relaxes her back while placing her right hands calmly by her thigh. She holds a fan, possibly Japanese, in the other hand. Viewers are difficult to not to examine her large breast and her loose belly underneath it. However, the nude is not shameful of revealing her imperfect body to the viewers, on the contrary, she seems to communicate with the viewers by gazing back at them. The bright and contrasting colour indeed strongly indicate the influences from the fauvist. The bold line and the vivid colour enhance the emotional effect of the picture. Female nude can be barely seen as a subject matter in art during the 40s in China. Guan’s exposure to Western art and culture in Japan has empowered her to paint nudity in her works. Guan, as a modern literal woman, had a smooth and successful career in both Japan and China. However, she refused to paint after the Cultural Revolution in 1966 in order to preserve her unalterable artistic ambition.
  • 30. 29 07 HUADONG RENMING MEISHU CHUBANSHE NING HAO (1910-1992) WE ARE PROUD OF PARTICIPATING IN THE FOUNDING OF OUR COUNTRY’S INDUSTIALISATION Print 19 by 21 17/64 in. (78 by 54 cm) Shanghai $ 3,000-5,000
  • 31. 30 The old-school representation of women is proved to be tenacious. Women in Chinese visual art traditions are dedicated for male viewers’ gaze and consumption. By the early 20th century, the advertising posters always feautured young and beautiful ladies with silky skin in qipao (Shanghai dress), and they would promote the products along with their beauty. With the founding the People’s RepublicofChina,bothofthetheoryandthepracticeofposterexperiencedenormouschanges.The new government valued the designers and producers’ ability in visualizing commercially attractive products. The rulers utilized and incorporated the reproductive functions of the poster as political propaganda. The Chinese cultural authorities spared no efforts in passing the correct image of women to the proletarian masses. They tried to reverse the image of female representatives, who are only to be entertaining and domestically. The women in the new China era are encouraged to participate in male-dominant industries. Women are encouraged to be a soldier, an industrial worker and a farmer. It was the authorities’ needs to fill the lack of viable working population. The title ‘We are Proud to Participate in the Industrialization of the Nation’ reveals the ambition of cultural authorities. The “we” may refers to women that are willing to contribute to and accelerate the country’s industrialization. The woman in the poster is masculinized: She wears a heavy jacket and a pair of long trousers, and ties a white towel to protect her neck from the sparkles from the roer. The helmet and the gloves prevent the potential injuries, yet also covers her female gender.
  • 32. 31 08 GALERIE VOLKER DIEHL LING JIAN (1963-present) RED BIBLE HOUR Oil and Acrylic on Canvas 47 3/4 by 29 1/2 in. (180 by 150 cm) 2006 $ 103,040-154,560
  • 33. 32 ThisartworkisasignificantpieceintheChinesecynicalrealistmovement.LingJianalludeshisview on the cultural regime in China through the intricate artistic technique. Ling uses a Chinese woman who is refined looking as the subject matter to question the reality underneath the appearance, as her beauty holds against the red book bound across her back. Ling includes Mao’s red bible in the painting to highlight the political significance of the subject matter, and hints how the Communist Party manipulated the secular life, and how deceptive the external appearance of Chinese life can be. Ling Jian, like many of his contemporaries, intends to investigate the complex relationship between the China of the past, and the China of the present, and to examine how the life of Chinese women has been affected by the reconciliation between the past and the present. The painting is visually attractive and impressive, yet Ling attaches a dark subtext to the image that makes the artwork truly stunning. Despite the extraordinary beauty of the face, the woman’s neck and body is distorted, and convey a sense of unease and tension, which symbolizes the torture, both physical and psychological, under Communism, and the effect of ‘red book’ on women in China. Ling Jian was born in Shandong Province, China in 1963. He studied in Qinghua University Art College in Beijing. Soon after completing his degree in Beijing, Ling moved to Vienna, Austria to further develop his artist career. During three decades of living in Vienna, Hamburg and Berlin, Ling Jian became known for his stylized portraits – often produced on oversized circular canvases – of beautiful and highly expressive women. Through these women, the artist was able to explore themes ranging from materialism, wealth and political ideology to modern notions of female identity and body image. Since returning to Beijing in 2003, Ling Jian has increasingly turned his attention to conceptualizing contemporary Chinese identity. (Source: Ullens Center for Contemporary Art)
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  • 35. 34 In India a woman with a fiery temperament is often nicknamed Durga in recognition of the divine spark within her. She is the fervent autonomous goddess who knows how to stand for herself. The living traditions of India have always identified the female of the species with all that is sacred in nature. But it is not always the warrior woman who is identified with the goddess, but also woman as playful, lovable, and of course as the Mother. In a delightful vein it is conjectured that the kick of a woman is sufficient and necessary for blossoms to spring from the sacred Ashoka tree. An entire ceremony has developed around this theme. Women dance around this tree and gently kick it to bring it to bloom. Ancient Sanskrit poetry describes this happening through the eyes of a jealous lover, who wishes that it were him, rather than the tree which benefited from the touch of her foot: ‘She plucked its buds for her ear, then repaid it with a gentle kick I might have been the one she struck, She might have taken the bud from me, but I’m cheated by a tree!’ The idea being that by their mere touch, the fertilizing power of a woman was transferred to the tree, which then burst into flowers. All things that arise from the earth in the form of vegetative life mirror the great generative function of the Goddess. The process of transformation that is possible in a mortal woman mirrors the miracle of growth that occurs in nature. Such figures emphasize the importance of fertility and its associated elements of bearing and nourishing children. The female figure is an obvious emblem of fertility because of its association with growth, abundance, and prosperity. It comes as no surprise that prosperity and abundance too is visualized in the form of a female, namely the Great Goddess Lakshmi. She is often shown holding a pitcher. This pitcher or pot in addition to being likened to a womb, is said to be the pot of bounty, or the harbinger of prosperity. Indian aesthetic principles cutting across all schools, sects, and traditions, state in a universal voice that all female forms should be endowed with abundantly full breasts, a narrow waist and ample hips, symbolizing their child bearing capacities and also the power to nourish and sustain their creations, the Mother Nature. Ancient art texts known as the ‘Shilpa Shastras’ confirm that the potency of women’s fertility and its equation with growth, abundance and prosperity led to women becoming a sign of the auspicious. We can see all these qualities and forms of woman through from the British Raj (Raja Ravi Varma), to Modern (George Keyt) and finally Contemporary art (M.F. Husain). INDIA
  • 36. 35 09 PROPERTY OF PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTER RAJA RAVI VARMA (1848-1906) MALIYALI BEAUTY Oil on Canvas 23 11/16 by 17 5/16 in. (60 by 44 cm) $ 70,000-90,000
  • 37. 36 RajaRaviVarmaisoneoftheearliestIndianartiststohavesuccessfullyadaptedWesternAcademic painting styles to suit local Indian sensibilities. Having had no formal training in European art, Ravi Varma observed and learned from European artists at the Travancore court during the British Raj. He familiarized himself with the concepts of Realism and Naturalism and mastered the use of oil painttocreatethree-dimensionalfiguresonflatsurfaces.AlthoughRaviVarmarelieduponWestern techniques, his subject matter remained inherently Indian.

The Indian female in particular, was a favorite subject for him. He often used Maliyali or Maharashtrian women as the prototype for his works, endowing them with a sense of the sensual without overstepping the lines of propriety. In this particular work, the artist presents the viewer with a young Maliyali lady, dressed in the traditional sari worn by the women of Kerala, adorned with typical South Indian jewelry and flaunting an elaborate hair arrangement. The exposed smoothness of the woman’s upper arms and shoulders invests the work with a sensual energy that is heightened by her semi-transparent garment.
  • 38. 37 10 IMPORTANT PRIVATE INDIAN COLLECTION GEORGE KEYT (1901-1993) UNTITLED Oil on Canvas Signed& dated in English, lower left 35 by 25 in. (88.9 by 63.5 cm) 1973 $ 24,595-32,790
  • 39. 38 George Keyt was one of Sri Lanka’s most celebrated artists of the 20th century. Keyt was born in a family of Sinhalese-Dutch origin and was raised in a liberal, cultural environment. This perhaps helped him assimilate aspects of Buddhist literature and temple architecture, as well as Puranic narratives and Indian erotic iconography—an influence that would continue to reveal itself in his works. Over a span of six decades, his oeuvre underwent a dramatic change in form and style, following his encounter with the works of Picasso and Matisse in the 1930s. The present lot from 1973 shows the extent and impact that the principles of Cubism had on Keyt’s artistic vocabulary. Keyt’s bold, curvilinear strokes give a fullness and symmetry to a scene that may otherwise appear disjointed owing to multiple perspectives. He uses colour as a narrative device for societal hegemony, adding a sense of drama to the work. The woman washing her hair appears to be of aristocratic lineage; her form and graceful poise a hint at this. The woman attending to her with a basin in hand is relegated to a portion of the canvas, huddled, waiting patiently. Keyt would base his subjects on the traditions of Sri Lanka, and his astute use of colour and line to unravel a story adds a unique dimension to his works. “The lyric painting of George Keyt is sensuous Indian poetry brought to canvas. [...] Keyt takes as his primary theme woman as the focus of man’s concern. He paints her in flat planes, with bounding lines and rich warmth of color. His idiom occasionally carries in it a hint of Picasso but is, once again, in direct line with the traditional styles of Central India, Mewar, and Bahsoli. But the originality of Keyt’s work is undoubted, and his work remains uniquely his own.” (R. Bartholomew and S.S. Kapur, Husain, New York: Harry N.Abrams, Inc., 1972, p27)
  • 40. 39 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MASSACHUSETTS COLLECTION NARAYAN SHRIDHAR BENDRE (1910-1992) ON RIVER GHAT Oil on Board Signed in Devanagri, lower left 47 3/4 by 29 1/2 in. (121.2 by 75 cm) 1957 $ 100,000-145,000 11
  • 41. 40 “[Bendre] shuns obsession, any scientific or psychological dogma. He has no message. It is not his business to preach. He only wishes to share with you the joys the world has in store.” (R. Chatterji, Bendre: The Painter and the Person, 1990, p. 61) Naray Shridhar Bendre was interested in the depiction of joy and the charms of rural India. With great sensitivity, he painted women in comfortable rural settings engaged in social activities and domestic tasks. 

 The current lot seems to retrace his memories, shows two women seated by the river—one whose features are hidden by her red veil, and the other whose features are rendered in minimalist dabs, staring at the water. The two pots stacked by their side seem to have been forgotten about; the two women are preoccupied with other thoughts. Bendre’s placement of colour divides the canvas in a manner that demands that one’s eyes travel across the canvas to take in the entirety of the scene. Bendre underwent formal art training at the State School of Art, Indore. Here he learnt the importance of direct observation, rather than miming through books. Bendre learned to observe the effect of light at different times of the day—this play of light is rendered very skilfully in most of his works where shapes are formed through an effective employment of colours.
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  • 43. 42 Other work by N.S. Bendre Woman with Ganesha Narayan Shridhar Bendre was born in 1910 in Indore. He got his early art education in the State Art School, Indore. Later he obtained his Government Diploma in Art from Bombay in 1933. Being an enthusiastic traveler he visited many places and captured them on his canvas throughout his career, often with different stylistic means. His initial interests were conditioned by the quasi-mode-mist landscape painting of Indore School. Later his favorite subjects were portraits of women in oils and gouache. He experimented with cubist, expressionist and abstract tendencies. He combined European modernism with Indian formal thematic reflection in his work with a touch of elegance.
  • 44. 43 12 PRIVATE COLLECTION IN MUMBAI FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002) NUDE IN CITY BACKGROUND Oil on Board Signed & dated in English, upper left 47 by 23 in. (119.4 by 58.4 cm) 1955 $ 163,000-245,000
  • 45. 44 Francis Newton Souza’s works have reflected the influence of various schools of art: the folk art of his native Goa, the full-blooded paintings of the Renaissance, the religious fervour of the Catholic Church, the landscapes of the 18th and 19th century Europe and the path-breaking paintings of the moderns. This nude figure’s downcast pose, colouring and her pregnancy relate more specifically to a figure from Western Art History, Bathsheba. A figure from the Old Testament, Bathsheba’s most famous portrayal is by Rembrandt, Bathsheba Bathing 1654, which hangs in the Paris Louvre. In this work Rembrandt shows the moment in which King David sees Bathsheba bathing and entranced, seduces her, after which she falls pregnant. In order to marry Bathsheba and conceal his sin, David sends her husband into battle and orders his generals to abandon him, leaving him to certain death. What drew Picasso, Degas, Manet, Bazille and now Souza to do their own versions of Bathsheba was the moral dilemma faced by the protagonist, her downcast eyes hint at the inner turmoil she is facing.
  • 46. 45 13 ACQUIRED FROM VADEHRA ART GALLERY, NEW DELHI,1998 MAQBOOL FIDA HUSSAIN (1924-2002) UNTITLED Acrylic on Canvas Signed ‘Husain’, upper left 36 by 36 in. (90 by 90 cm) 1997-98 $ 80,000-90,000
  • 47. 46 In Untitled, the background is illuminated in varying shades of reds and peaches while the woman and horse are executed in a less dynamic palette. This makes the background dramatize the painting, making the woman the focal point of this work. Her nude body is painted with a sensitivity and reverence archetypal of Husain’s treatment of the female form. The intermingling of predation and seduction, violence and desire, power and vulnerability, reality and mystery forges a heavy dialogue that aptly expresses the climactic emotions that Husain wished to portray here. S. Kapur states, ‘The prime symbol of Husain’s total view of life is the woman, again perhaps the Indianwoman.Forpaincomestowomanashernaturalstate,thegivingofbirthand,becauseofbirth, an awareness of dissolution. Woman is the sentient point of man’s natural being. She has curiosity, she suffers, she gives birth willingly. There is pity in her eyes, as there is love in her breast. Man is, according to Husain, virile only in heroism, is broken by pain. Husain paints women because these are not heroic times and, tenderly joyous or suffering, women remain vital. With a comprehensive view of life investing them, Husain has progressively laid bare his figures. They are given no landscape of time and place, no background except carefully worked tonal tensions. These figures have no drapery. They come clothed only in colour. […] They come from a territory of the mind, at once idea and living reality.’ (S. Kapur, Husain, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1961, pp. v-vi)
  • 48. 1 Magamejia AuctionH IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART EVENING SALE AUCTION IN LONDON 22 JUNE 2014 PABLO  PICASSO   Femme  au    costume  turc  dans  un  fauteuil   Estimate  £15,000,000  -­‐  £20,000,000   Enquiries  +1  245  909  2725       Enquiries +1 212 606 7360 | magamejia.com
  • 49. 1 Magamejia AuctionH ART OF IMPERIAL INDIA AUCTION 10 OCTOBER 2014 An exceptional diamond-set and broach North India, 18th Century Estimate $350,000-450,000 Enquiries +44 (0)2 0729 5331 | magamejia.com
  • 50. 49 CONDITIONS  OF  SALE   The  following  Conditions  of  Sale  and  Terms  of   Guarantee  are  Magamejia  Inc.  and  the   Consignor’s  entire  agreement  with  the   purchaser  and  any  bidders  relative  to  the   property  listed  in  this  catalogue.   The  Conditions  of  Sale,  Terms  of  Guarantee,   the  glossary,  if  any,  and  all  other  contents  of   this  catalogue  are  subject  to  amendment  by   us  by  the  posting  of  notices  or  by  oral   announcements  made  during  the  sale.   The  property  will  be  offered  by  us  as  agent  for   the  Consignor,  unless  the  catalogue  indicates   otherwise.   By  participating  in  any  sale,  you  acknowledge   that  you  are  bound  by  these  terms  and   conditions.   1.    As  Is  Goods  auctioned  are  often  of  some   age.  The  authenticity  of  the  Authorship  (as   defined  below)  of  property  listed  in  the   catalogue  is  guaranteed  as  stated  in  the  Terms   of  Guarantee  and  except  for  the  Limited   Warranty  contained  therein,  al  property  is   sold  “AS  IS”  without  any  representations  or   warranties  by  us  or  the  Consignor  as  to   merchantability,  fitness  for  a  particular   purpose,  the  correctness  of  the  catalogue  or   other  description  of  the  physical  condition,   size,  quality,  rarity,  importance,  medium,     provenance,  exhibitions,  literature  or  historic   relevance  of  any  property  and  no  statement   anywhere,  whether  oral  or  written,  whether   made  in  the  catalogue,  an  advertisement,  a   bill  of  sale,  a  saleroom  posting  or   announcement,  or  elsewhere,  shall  be   deemed  such  a  warranty,  representation  or   assumption  of  liability.   We  and  the  Consignor  make  no   representation  and  warranties,  ,  express  or   implied,  as  to  whether  the  purchaser  acquires   any  copyrights  including  but  not  limited  to,   any  reproduction  rights  in  any  property   We  and  the  Consignor  are  not  responsible  for   errors  and  omissions  in  the  catalogue,   glossary,  or  any  supplemental  material.     2.    Inspection    Prospective  bidders  should   inspect  the  property  before  bidding  to   determine  its  condition,  size,  and  whether  or   not  it  has  been  repaired  or  restored.   3.    Buyer’s  Premium  A  buyer’s  premium  will   be  added  to  the  hammer  price  and  is  payable   by  the  purchaser  as  part  of  the  total  purchase   price.   The  buyer’s  premium  is  25%  of  the  hammer   price  up  to  and  including  $100,000,  20%  of   any  amount  in  excess  of  $100,000  up  to  and   including  $2,000,000,  and  12%  of  any  amount   in  excess  of  $2,000,000.   4.    Withdrawal  We  reserve  the  right  to   withdrawal  any  property  before  the  sale  and   shall  have  no  liability  whatsoever  for  such   withdrawal.   5.    Per  Lot  Unless  otherwise  announced  by  the   auctioneer,  all  bids  are  per  lot  as  numbered  in   the  catalogue.   6.    Bidding  We  reserve  the  right  to  reject  any   bid.  The  highest  bidder  acknowledged  by  the   auctioneer  will  be  the  purchaser.  The   auctioneer    has  absolute  and  sole  discretion  in   the  case  of  error  or  dispute  with  respect  to   bidding,  and  whether  during  or  after  the  sale,   to  determine  the  successful  bidder,  to  re-­‐open   the  bidding,  to  cancel  the  sale  or  to  re-­‐offer   and  re-­‐sell  the  item  in  dispute.  If  any  dispute   arises  after  the  sale,  our  sale  record  is   conclusive.  By  participating  in  the  sale,  you   represent  and  warrant  that  any  bids  placed  by   you,  or  on  your  behalf,  are  not  to  the  product   of  any  collusive  or  other  anti  competitive   agreement  and  are  otherwise  consistent  with   federal  and  state  antitrust  law.  In  order  to  bid  
  • 51. 50 premium  lots  you  must  complete  the  required   Premium  Lot  pre-­‐registration  application.   Magamejia’s  decision  whether  to  accept  any   pre-­‐registration  application  shall  be  final.  You   must  arrange  for  Magamejia  to  receive  your   pre-­‐registration  application  at  least  three   working  days  before  the  sale.  Please  bear  in   mind  that  we  are  unable  to  obtain  financial   references  over  weekends  or  public  holidays.   Magamejia  may  require  such  necessary   financial  references,  guarantees,  deposits   and/or  such  other  security,  in  its  absolute   discretion,  as  security  for  your  bid(s).   7.    Online  Bid  via  BIDnow  Magamejia  may   offer  clients  the  opportunity  to  bid  online  via   BIDnow  for  selected  sales.  By  participating  in   sale  via  BIDnow,  you  acknowledge  that  you   are  bound  by  these  Conditions  of  Sale  as  well   as  the  Additional  Terms  and  Conditions  for   Live  Bidding  via  BIDnow  (online  terms).  The   Online  Terms  can  be  viewed  at   www.magamejia.com  and  bidders  utilizing   BIDnow  will  be  required  to  accept  the  Online   Terms,  as  well  as  the  relevant  Conditions  of   Sale,  prior  to  participating  in  the  sale.  The  Bid   now  online  bidding  service  is  not  available  for   Premium  Lots.   8.    Bids  below  reserve  If  the  auctioneer   determines  that  any  opening  bid  is  below  the   reserve  of  the  article  offered,  he  may  reject   the  same  and  withdraw  the  article  from  sale,   and,  having  acknowledged  an  opening  bid,  he   determines  that  any  advance  thereafter  is   insufficient,  he  may  reject  the  advance.   9.    Purchaser’s  responsibility    Subject  to  the   fulfillment  of  all  the  conditions  set  forth   herein,  on  the  fall  of  the  auctioneer’s   hammer,  the  contract  between  the  consignor   and  the  purchaser  is  concluded,  and  the   winning  bidder  thereupon  will  immediately   pay  the  full  purchase  price  or  such  part  as  we   may  require.  Title  in  a  purchased  lot  will  not   pass  until  Magamejia  has  received  the  full   purchase  price  in  cleared  funds.  Magamejia  is   not  obligated  to  release  a  lot  to  the  purchaser   until  title  to  the  lot  has  passed  and  any  earlier   release  does  not  affect  the  passing  of  title  or   the  purchaser’s  unconditional  obligation  to   pay  the  full  purchase  price.  In  addition  to   other  remedies  available  to  us  by  law,  we   reserve  the  right  to  impose  from  the  date  of   sale  a  late  charge  of  the  annual  percentage   rate  of  Prime  +6%  of  the  total  purchase  price  if   payment  is  not  made  in  accordance  with  the   conditions  set  forth  herein.  Please  note   Magamejia  reserves  the  right  to  refuse  to   accept  payment  from  a  source  other  than  the   buyer  of  record.   Unless  otherwise  agreed  by  Magamejia,  all   property  must  be  removed  from  our  premises   by  the  purchaser  at  his  expense  not  later  than   30  calendar  days  following  its  sale.  Buyers  are   reminded  that  Magamejia  liability  for  loss  or   damage  to  sold  property  shall  cease  no  later   than  30  calendar  days  after  the  date  of  the   auction.  If  any  applicable  conditions  herein  are   not  complied  with  by  the  purchaser,  the   purchaser  will  be  in  default  and  in  addition  to   any  and  all  other  remedies  available  to  us  and   the  Consignor  by  law,  including,  without   limitation,  the  right  to  hold  the  purchaser   liable  for  the  total  purchase  price,  including  all   fees,  charges  and  expenses  more  fully  set   forth  herein,  we,  at  our  option,  may    (x)  cancel   the  sale  of  that,  or  any  other  lot  or  lots  to  the   defaulting  purchaser  at  the  same  or  any  other   auction,  relating  as  liquidated  damages  all   payments  made  by  the  purchaser,  or  (y)  resell   the  purchased  property,  whether  at  public   auction  or  by  private  sale,  or  (z)  effect  any   combination  thereof.  In  any  case,  the   purchaser  will  be  liable  for  any  deficiency,  any   and  all  costs,  handling  charges,  late  charges,   expenses  of  both  sales,  our  commission  on   both  sales  at  our  regular  rates,  legal  fees  and   expenses,  collection  fees  and  incidental   damages.  We  may,  in  our  sole  discretion,   apply  any  proceeds  of  sale  then  due  to  the  
  • 52. 51 purchaser  from  us  or  any  affiliated  company,   whether  or  not  intended  to  reduce  the   purchaser’s  obligations  with  respect  to  the   unpaid  lot  or  lots,  to  the  deficiency  and  any   other  amounts  due  to  us  or  any  affiliated   companies.  In  addition,  a  defaulting  purchaser   will  be  deemed  to  have  granted  and  assigned   to  us  and  our  affiliated  companies,  a   continuing  security  interest  of  first  priority  in   any  property  or  money  of  or  owing  to  such   purchaser  in  our  possession,  custody  or   control  of  any  of  our  affiliated  companies,  in   each  case  whether  at  the  time  of  the  auction,   the  default  or  if  acquired  at  any  time   thereafter,  and  we  may  retain  and  apply  such   property  or  money  as  collateral  security  for   the  obligations  due  to  us  or  to  any  affiliated   companies  of  ours.   We  shall  have  all  of  the  rights  accorded  a   secured  party  under  the  New  York  Uniform   Commercial  Code  without  your  signature.   Payment  will  not  be  deemed  to  have  been   made  in  full  until  we  have  collected  good   funds.  Any  claims  relating  to  any  purchase,   including  any  claims  under  the  Conditions  of   Sale  or  Terms  of  Guarantee,  must  be   presented  directly  to  Magamejia.  In  the  event   the  purchaser  fails  to  pay  any  or  all  of  the  total   purchase  price  for  any  lot  and  Magamejia   nonetheless  elects  to  pay  the  Consignor  any   portion  of  the  sale  proceeds,  the  purchaser   acknowledges  that  Magamejia  shall  have  all  of   the  rights  of  the  Consignor  to  pursue  the   purchaser  for  any  amount  paid  to  the   Consignor,  whether  at  law,  in  equity,  or  under   these  Conditions  of  Sale.   10.    Governing  Law  and  Jurisdiction    These   Conditions  of  Sale  and  Terms  of  Guarantee,  as   well  as  bidder’s,  the  purchaser’s  and  our   respective  tights  and  obligations  hereunder,   shall  be  governed  by  and  construed  and   enforced  in  accordance  with  the  laws  of  the   State  of  New  York.  By  bidding  at  an  auction,   whether  present  in  person  or  agent,  order  bid,   telephone  bid,  online  bid  or  other  means,  all   bidders  including  the  purchaser,  shall  be   deemed  to  have  consented  to  the  exclusive   jurisdiction  of  the  state  courts  of,  and  the   federal  courts  sitting  in,  the  State  of  New  York.   All  parties  agree,  however  that  Magamejia   shall  retain  the  right  to  bring  proceedings  in  a   court  other  than  the  state  and  federal  courts   sitting  in  the  State  of  New  York.   11.    Packing  and  Shipping  We  are  not   responsible  for  the  acts  or  omissions  in  our   packing  or  shipping  of  purchased  lots  or  of   other  carriers  or  packers  of  purchased  lots,   whether  or  not  recommended  by  us.  Packing   and  handling  of  purchased  lots  is  at  the  entire   risk  of  the  purchaser.   12.    Limitation  of  Liability  In  no  event  will  our   liability  to  a  purchaser  exceed  the  purchase   price  actually  paid   13.    Data  protection  Magamejia  will  use   information  provided  by  its  clients  for  the   provision  of  auction  and  other  art  related   services,  loan  services,  client  administration,   marketing  and  otherwise  to  manage  and   operate  its  business,  or  as  required  by  law.   This  will  include  information  such  as  the   client’s  name  and  contact  details,  proof  of   identity,  financial  information,  records  of  the   client’s  transactions,  and  preferences.  Some   gathering  of  information  about  Magamejia’s   clients  will  take  place  using  technical  means  to   identify  their  preferences  in  order  to  provide  a   higher  quality  of  service  to  them.  Magamejia   may  also  disclose  the  client  information  to   other  Magamejia’s  companies.  Sometimes,   Magamejia  may  also  disclose  this  information   to  carefully  selected  third  parties  for  their  own   marketing  purposes.   If  you  do  not  wish  your  details  to  be  used  for   this  purpose,  please  contact  our  clients   service.   If  the  client  provides  Magamejia  with   information  that  is  defined  by  European  data  
  • 53. 52 protection  laws  as  “sensitive”,  the  client   agrees  that  it  may  be  used  for  the  purposes   set  out  above.   In  the  course  of  these  disclosures,  personal   data  collected  in  the  European  Economic  Area   may  be  disclosed  to  countries  outside  the   European  Economic  Area.  Although  such   countries  may  not  have  legislation  that   protects  a  client’s  personal  information,   Magamejia  shall  take  great  care  to  keep  such   information  secure  and  in  accordance  with  the   European  Data  protection  principles.  By   agreeing  to  these  Conditions  of  Business,  the   client  is  agreeing  to  such  disclosure.   Please  be  aware  that  Magamejia  may  film   auctions  or  other  activities  on  Magamejia   premises  and  that  such  recordings  may  be   transmitted  over  the  internet  via  Magamejia’s   website.   Telephone  bids  may  be  recorded.   Under  European  Data  protection  laws,  a  client   may  object,  by  request  and  free  of  charge,  to   the  processing  of  their  information  for  certain   purposes,  including  direct  marketing  and  may   access  and  rectify  personal  data  relating  to   them  and  may  obtain  more  information  about   Magamejia  data  protection  policy  by  writing   to  Magamejia.                                                                              
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  • 56. 55 SPECIALIST & AUCTION ENQUIRIES Rufus Chen China Art Specialist rufus.chen@magamejia.ac.uk Yoshi Marutani Japan Art Specialist yoshi.marutani@magamejia.ac.uk Diya Mehta India Art Specialist diya.mehta@magamejia.ac.uk Camille Gardella Head of Marketing & Client Relations camille.gardella@magamejia.ac.uk
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