Artist: Yue Minjun

Yue Minjun - SURPLUS VALUE(set of 2)

Yue Minjun

Name: Yue Minjun - SURPLUS VALUE(set of 2)
Brand: Yue Minjun

Yue Minjun - SURPLUS VALUE(set of 2)

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H190 x W190 x D145 mm Edition: 75 for each colour +10 AP Each piece is autographed by the artist and comes with a certificate Sold Out

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H190 x W190 x D145 mm Edition: 75 for each colour +10 AP Each piece is autographed by the artist and comes with a certificate Sold Out

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Yue Minjun's SURPLUS VALUE is documented as a artwork. The work measures H190 x W190 x D145 mm Edition: 75 for each colour +10 AP Each piece is autographed by the artist and comes with a certificate Sold Out.

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SURPLUS VALUE offers a concise view of Yue Minjun's editioned practice, with the verified medium, scale, and edition details providing a clear framework for collector review. The presentation keeps attention on the artwork's factual identity and visual presence.

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Photo: Photo: Opera Gallery artist page

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Yue Minjun

Yue Minjun is a Chinese artist known for paintings and sculptures of exaggerated laughing figures associated with Cynical Realist image culture. Working across painting, sculpture, print, and editioned objects, the artist builds a visual language shaped by laughter, repetition, political ambiguity, self-image, social performance, and the theatricality of collective identity. The practice often connects personal observation with broader questions of image culture, material process, and contemporary life. Rather than relying on spectacle, the work develops through careful decisions about scale, surface, repetition, and context. For collectors, the practice offers a sharply recognizable figurative language within Chinese contemporary painting, with a body of work that can be read through both formal invention and cultural resonance.

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Averages over the last 36 months. Figures are provided as directional market context, not as investment advice.

Yearly lots sold 8

Sell-through rate 63.4%

Avg. sale price $36K

Price over estimate 1%

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