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MINERAL PIGMENT ON CANVAS. Signed (lower right and verso)<br><br>Image Dimensions: 25 3/4 x 31 1/2 in (65 x 80 cm)<br><br>This painting comes with COA.<br><br>Lee Ufan remains one of the most influential figures of postwar Asian contemporary art and a central intellectual force behind the Japanese Mono-ha movement. Through his radically restrained visual language, Lee transformed painting into a meditation on gesture, time, emptiness, and material presence. His celebrated "From Line" and "From Point" series remain among the most philosophically sophisticated achievements of twentieth-century abstraction, admired internationally for their extraordinary balance between repetition, silence, and spatial awareness.<br><br>This elegant 1979 composition beautifully exemplifies Lee Ufan's mature "From Line" vocabulary through its rhythmic sequence of vertical blue brushstrokes gradually dissolving into the untouched surface of the canvas. Each mark begins with concentrated physical intensity before fading slowly into transparency, transforming the act of painting into a visible record of duration, breath, and bodily movement. Rather than functioning as purely formal abstraction, the repeated gestures become meditations on time, impermanence, and the relationship between action and emptiness.<br><br>During the late 1970s, Lee Ufan increasingly refined his exploration of repetition and reduction, allowing minimal painterly intervention to generate profound psychological and spatial resonance. In works such as this, the untouched field surrounding the marks becomes equally important as the marks themselves, creating a contemplative balance between presence and absence. The resulting compositions possess an extraordinary sense of stillness, rhythm, and philosophical clarity.<br><br>Lee Ufan's "From Line" paintings remain among the most celebrated and internationally sought-after works within postwar Asian abstraction, consistently achieving exceptional results at Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips while occupying important positions within major museum collections worldwide. Their enduring appeal lies in the extraordinary combination of minimal form, meditative atmosphere, and intellectual depth.<br><br>Beyond its significance within contemporary art history, this work possesses exceptional decorative refinement. The restrained chromatic palette, rhythmic vertical structure, and expansive use of negative space create a composition ideally suited to contemporary interiors, minimalist architecture, and sophisticated private collections alike. Rich in calm, silence, and spatial elegance, the painting offers collectors a timeless meditation on gesture, time, and the poetry of restraint.<br>
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