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SPECIAL STAMPS ON PAINTING, SCULPTURE * * * * *

A SET OF SPECIAL STAMPS

-

WILL BE ISSUED ON

HONG KONG TODAY (FRIDAY).

—

OF

ANNOUNCED

AND SCULPTURES MODERN PAINTINGS

THE POST 19.

JULY

OFFICE

THIS SET

OF FOUR STAMPS

DEPICTS VARIOUS

PAINTINGS

AND

EACH OF THEM HAS HIS

SCULPTURES BY FOUR LEADING HONG KONG ARTISTS. OWN DISTINCTIVE STYLE OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.

FOR DEPICTION

ON STAMPS ARE OF MEDIUM,

THE FOUR ITEMS CHOSEN REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES OF THE ARTISTS' WORK IN THE AREAS SUBJECT MATTER AND ARTISTIC STYLE.

CHEUNG YEE (BORN 1936).

TWIN. 1965. WOOD. 160 CENT STAMP).

FOR TWIN THE

THIS SCULPTURE WAS INSPIRED BY THE CHINESE CHARACTER AND REVEALS A PRIMITIVE FEELING THROUGH THE TREATMENT OF WOOD AND SUBJECT MATTER.

LUIS CHAN (BORN

1905).

FIGURES.

($1.40 STAMP).

1965-85.

ACRYLIC

ON PAPER

A

A

IN THIS PAINTING, INK LINES ARE APPLIED TO OUTLINE THE FIGURES.

TELLS FIGURES

A STORY. EVERY FACE OF THE WHICH ARE JUXTAPOSED. CLOSER LOOK INTO THESE CARTOON-LIKE IMAGES MAY LEAD ONE TO DISCOVER COMPLEX PSYCHOLOGICAL WORLD.

VAN LAU (BORN 1933).

LOTUS. 1986. COPPER. ($1.80 STAMP).

THE LOTUS

ENDEAVOURS

IN

DEPICTED

REPRESENTING

ON

THE

STAMP CHINESE

IS ONE

SUBJECT

OF

THE ARTIST'S MATTERS

IN

THREE-DIMENSIONAL FORM.

LUI SHOU-KWAN

(1919-1975).

PAINTNG. ZEN

1970.

INK

AND

COLOUR ON PAPER. ($5.00 STAMP).

THIS PAINTING REFLECTS THE PHILOSOPHY OF ZEN OF LOTUS. THE BLACK HORIZONTAL BOLD STROKES OF INK AS MUD IN THE POND.

IMAGE THROUGH THE

MAY BE REGARDED

TAI-KEUNG AND PRINTED BY

THE STAMPS WERE DESIGNED BY MR KAN ECSCHEDE OF HOLLAND.

SALE AT ALL POST OFFICES ON ANNOUNCED CLOSER TO THE DATE OF ISSUE.

BE PLACED OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS AT 50 CENTS EACH WILL

FURTHER DETAILS JULY

ON WILL BE

5.

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