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    YUYU YANG (1926-1997)

    Advent of the Phoenix III

    1970

    Stainless Steel, EA 2/5
    180x220x150cm

    Signed Ying-Feng Yang both in Chinese and English, dated 1970 and numbered EA 2/5

    Estimate TWD 3,800,000-4,800,000
    USD 126,700-160,000
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 4,130,000
    USD 0
    HKD 0

With a certificate of authenticity from Yu Yu Yang Foundation

Provenance：

Illustrated：ILLUSTRATED \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Yu Yu Yang\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\', Hsiung-Shih Art Book,2004, Page 127 "Yu Yu Yang\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\',Taipei Fine Art Museum,2005, Page 110-111 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Yu Yu Yang Volume 5\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\', Artist Publishing, Page 78-99 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Yu Yu Yang: Vanguard on Native Soil\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\', Kaohsiung, Page 168-169

Exhibition：EXHIBITION "1970 Osaka World Exposition", Osaka, Japan, Mar 15- Sep 13,1970 "Yu Yu Yang Exhibition", Taiwan Museum of Art, Taipei, Oct 2- Nov 21,1993 "Yu Yu Yang Special Exhibition 61-77", National Museum of History, Taipei, Dec 14, 2000- Jan 14, 2001 "Shanghai Grand Theater Gallery", Shanghai, 2004 "Yu Yu Yang", Taipei Fine Art Museum, Aug 27-Nov 13,2005 "Yu Yu Yang Memorial Exhibiton", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Nov 26, 2005- Feb 26, 2006

Exposition：

The phoenix is a symbol of Chinese people’s yearning for deities. In Chinese culture, the phoenix is a symbol of peace and it will only present itself during the time of peace and harmony; therefore, everything that is truthful and beauty will come along with it.”

Through the asking of Ye Gong Chao, "The Advent of the Phoenix III" was entrusted to be exhibited at The Taiwan Pavilion, Osaka Expo in 1970. It is said in ancient Chinese traditions that phoenix can be only seen during a time of world peace; the phoenix also represents going to the future ideal world. When Yang was creating it, he used mechanic lines and asked for solid fuming to make the geometric picture gentler. A black background to bring out the steadiness and conservative Taiwan pavilion, this 9x7 meters phoenix was presented in front of the pavilion in a very short time. The bright red represents vitality and livelihood; the body contour and feathers are out-spreading. Four feathers are used to support the entire body giving viewers a feeling that the phoenix is about the fly high into the sky.

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