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Richard Lin (British, 1933-2011), (Lin Show-Yu) 林壽宇 1.3.1964 - Painting Relief 1964 oil, aluminium and perspex on canvas 137.1 x 116.9 cm (54 x 46 in) This work was executed in 1964. Fußnoten This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by The Estate of Richard Lin Show Yu. Provenance Collection of the Artist, UK Private Collection, UK (gift from the artist) Acquired directly from the above by the present owner circa 1975 Exhibited Kassel, Germany, documenta III, 1964, p. 366, no. 3 Hong Kong, Bonhams, Richard Lin Show-Yu: A Retrospective of Major Works from the 1950s to 70s, 2019, p. 40, illustrated in colour Literature Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, One is Everything - Homage to the Master: 50 Years of Work by Richard Lin Kaohsiung 2010, p. 288, illustrated in black and white 林壽宇 1.3.1964 - 繪畫浮雕 油彩 鋁板 有機玻璃 畫布 1964年作 此作將收錄於由林壽宇藝術資產正籌備編篡的《林壽宇作品編年集》 來源 藝術家收藏（英國） 英國私人收藏 (得自上述收藏) 現藏家直接購自上述收藏，約1975年 展覽 「第三屆卡塞爾文件展」，德國 ，1964年 ，第366頁 ，編號3 「林壽宇:1950至1970年代重要作品回顧展」，香港邦瀚斯 ，2019年 ，第40頁 ，彩圖 出版 《一即一切 – 向大師致敬系列 林壽宇50年創作展》，高雄市市立美術館，高雄，2010年，第288頁，黑白圖 1.3.1964 Painting Relief by Richard Lin is a seminal work that represents the pinnacle of his oeuvre in its awareness to material, mathematical precision, and geometric abstraction. Radiating a spiritual aura through an elementally harmonious composition, the present work is distinguished by its pristine provenance, having been exhibited as one of the artist's only three works at documenta 3 in 1964, the third edition of the leading international contemporary art exhibition in Kassel, and held in only one private collection since its execution. Unveiled in Asia and appearing on the market for the first time since the 60s, 1.3.1964 Painting Relief represents Lin's most acclaimed and sought-after body of work, and is the artist at his very finest. Born into an eminent Taiwanese family and growing up in Hong Kong, Lin moved to England in 1952. Situated in the Western world, Lin pondered what art could be truly his own. In his early works of the 1950s, Lin experimented with representational paintings and lyrical abstraction, in which we see the influence of Chinese landscape paintings through the employment of ink and wash brushstrokes. In 1958, as he was completing his degree at Regent Street Polytechnic in London, the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) held a solo exhibition of his abstract series. Immediately recognized by Western galleries, Lin's talent led to another solo exhibition at Gimpel Fils in 1959. In 1964, Lin was invited as the first British-Taiwanese artist to participate in the quinquennial contemporary art exhibition, documenta 3, in Kassel, Germany. The present work was selected as one of the only three works to enter what is irrefutably the most important contemporary art exhibition in history. Founded by artist and teacher Arnold Bode in 1955, documenta was established on a post-war idealism to restore modern international art that was banned under the Nazi regime, with an aim to revive global culture and civilization. 1964 marked the third edition of documenta, organized by Arnold Bode in collaboration with Werner Haftmann. Featuring 353 international artists, documenta 3 focused on traditional genres of painting, sculpture, and graphic art, with an emphasis on the return to the object and artist as an individual. Haftmann wrote in the catalogue, that the exhibition "no longer has anything to do with arguments and groups. It is based on the simple principle that art is what important artists do. It concentrates on individual personalities. For one hundred days, a model museum of contemporary art was created. The modern art museum should be the place of encounter, it should present each individual art work in an environment where it unfolds the richness and meaning." The present work was exhibited alongside works by Francis Bacon Jean Dubuffet Sam Francis Jasper Johns Ellsworth Kelly Lee Bontecou and Piet Mondrian among other