Oct 10, 2024 - Sale 2681

Sale 2681 - Lot 45

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

DONG KINGMAN (1911-2000)

THE ORIENT IS HONG KONG / BRITISH CROWN COLONY. 1961.


34¾x22¾ inches, 88¼x58 cm. Yee Tin Tong Printing Press, Ltd., Hong Kong.
Condition A: minor restoration at edges.

The first of four posters commissioned by the Hong Kong Tourist Association (HKTA) from renowned Chinese American artist Dong Kingman. Kingman lived in Hong Kong as a child before emigrating to California but he maintained close ties with the city for the rest of his long life. This poster is of Pottinger Street in Central" (https://bcc.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/artcollection/91512504h757t18).