LOT 915 Wu Guanzhong Catalogue: Modern and Contemporary Asian Art
Singapore, 7 February 2026

LOT 915

Wu Guanzhong
(1919 - 2010, Chinese)

Long, Still Day
executed in 2000
collotype print on rice paper no. 35/100
70 x 140 cm
stamped on upper right, signed in Chinese characters dated and numbered on lower left: “35/100”


S$ 6,500 - 9,500
US$ 5,150 - 7,530

Pick up point: Singapore

Artist's statement on the painting titled "Long, Still Day"

It is difficult to find a very quiet place even in the deep mountains. As the saying goes the tree may prefer calm but the wind will not subside, which means there is no easy life and the struggles staking place among people. Tao Yuanming could not hear the noises from the streets even he lived in the busiest downtown area, which was really not easy.

I visited a bird's paradise in Xinhui County, Guangdong Province. But as soon as I entered it, the birds flew away immediately and the paradise disappeared. After I returned from the forests, I made a huge painting about the forests with birds in it, entitled "The Birds' Paradise". In the painting, I pursued the sense of misty from the diversity.

One day, I was excited by the natural patterns on a large marble which look like trees and birds and I made this painting. But what I want to tell people in this painting is that there is peace forever without any wind.

Condition Report

The lithograph and papers are in good condition. There are no signs of creasing, tearing, holes or watermarks on the paper. Very minor foxing on lower right. The lithograph is offered without frame.


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