(Chinese, born 1946) - Tango Dancer, 1995, signed lower right J. Bai/1995", oil on canvas, 40 x 32 in.; silver gilt frame, 44-1/2 x 36-5/8 in. - Provenance: Private Florida Collection - Note: This portrait is used on the cover of Bai Jingzhou's monograph, Portrait Paintings. The interior also features a photograph of the artist as he paints this portrait, featuring an Argentinian woman named Mariela Franganillo. Franganillo is a respected tango Instructor and choreographer now living in New York.This lot is accompanied by the monograph and a letter from the artist describing the circumstances around the creation of this portrait.
Condition
original stretcher and tacking edge, a few points of retouch; frame with abrasions