Academy award-winning director Oliver Stone is selling five Chinese contemporary-art paintings by top artists such as Zhang Xiaogang and Tang Zhigang worth a combined HK$40 million ($5.1 million) in Hong Kong.
The lots will be offered at Christie’s International’s auction of Asian contemporary art on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, the London-based company said in a statement. Stone has won three Oscars, including one for directing “Born on the Fourth of July” starring Tom Cruise.
The highlight of Stone’s pieces is Zhang’s 1995 “Bloodline: Big Family No. 2″, which shows a pursed-lipped couple with a tuft-haired toddler painted yellow. Works by Liu Wei, Gu Wenda will also be offered, according to the statement. (Bloomberg)