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Accession number
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1983-0186-0-PS
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Title
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Untitled
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Description
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A self-portrait reduced to a simple calligraphic symbol painted in black over a green and blue backdrop. Slender, broken, gestural brushstrokes are superimposed over the artist's face in a dense, all-over configuration. Surrounding the image are columns of pseudo-calligraphic forms painted in black, over fluorescent red and green paint.
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Inscriptions
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Signed and dated "12.7.1983". Signed and dated "24.6.1983" in a different orientation and cancelled. "A" pencilled on the reverse.
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Dimensions with frame
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N/A
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Condition
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Foxing. Tiny pinholes at the corners. Creases at the corners and along the left and bottom edges. Tears along the top and left edges. Slight damage near the top left corner. Minor evidence of grazing near the left edge. Buckling. Faint stains on the reverse due to the medium used seeping through the paper. Tape on the reverse. In good condition generally.
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Bibliography of printed matter
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Yin Ker, “An Essay on Non-Forms: Tang Chang (1934–1990), a Modern Painter of Literati Aspirations from Bangkok,” in Tang Chang (1934–1990): Non-Forms (Bangkok: The Tang Chang Private Museum), 25, 29.
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All known reproductions.
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Yin Ker and Marcella Lista, Tang Chang (1934-1990): Non-Forms. (Bangkok: The Tang Chang Private Museum, 2023), 62, 67.
