My Dear Friends: one print
A hauntingly tender offset lithograph by the celebrated Chinese artist Zhang Xiaogang, known for his exploration of memory, identity, and collective history. Rendered in his signature muted, dreamlike palette, the work reflects his meditation on human connection and the lingering traces of personal and cultural experience. Printed in colours on Lana paper with full margins, this impression exemplifies the quiet psychological intensity that defines Xiaogang's practice.
- Medium
- Offset lithograph in colours, on Lana paper, with full margins,
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
January 22, 2015
Artists in conversation
Liu Xiaodong
Chinese · b. 1963
Liu Xiaodong shares Zhang Xiaogang's preoccupation with collective Chinese identity and figurative portraiture that carries a melancholic psychological weight, depicting groups and individuals caught between personal memory and broader cultural history in a similarly subdued, emotionally resonant palette.
Marlene Dumas
South African · b. 1953
Dumas creates hauntingly tender figurative works exploring identity, memory, and psychological intensity through muted dreamlike tones and expressive portraiture, much like this lithograph's quiet contemplation of human connection and emotional vulnerability.
Gerhard Richter
German · b. 1932
Richter's photo based figurative works share the same blurred, melancholic treatment of personal and collective memory, rendering portraits with a ghostly softness that mirrors the dreamlike quality and meditation on lost or fading identity present in this Xiaogang print.
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