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Fri, Dec 9, 2022 03:00PM EST - Fri, Dec 16, 2022 11:30AM EST
Lot 54

Henry Yue-Kee Wo: Tiger

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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Henry Yue-Kee Wo (Born 1927): Tiger. Chromolithograph on paper fixed to silk embroidery, signed in plate, framed under museum glass.

Henry Wo was born in Guangdong, China. Wo showed great interest in art in his early childhood. He entered International Art School of Hong Kong to study Western and Chinese painting and learned the skills of sketching and drawing. In 1949, Wo began studies under Chao Shao An, the great master of Lingnan School in Hong Kong and learned the essence of his style. In 1975, he moved to the United States from Hong Kong with his family and settled in Alexandria, Virginia.

45 x 21 inches framed; 37 x 16.5 inches plate.

Private collection, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Condition

Good condition, foxing stains throughout; print is rippled; stains developing inside the glass.

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