サザビーズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (サザビーズInstagram)「A mesmerizing vision suffused with stillness and mystery, Leave Me in the Dark from 2008 is an epic masterpiece – one of only four monumental single-panel canvases featuring a figure created by Liu Ye. The other three include Smoke and Sword, the two works that currently hold the top two auction records for Liu Ye, as well as Gun, which resides in the M+ Sigg Collection. Whereas the other three were created in the early 2000s, Leave Me in the Dark was created in 2008 and demonstrates a marked shift: gone are the cherubs, cheeky sailors and little girls rendered against deep red backgrounds; in their place, a lone female traveler emerges like an exquisite apparition from the icy depths of a snowy night. After creating the present painting, Liu Ye returned to the motif in 2009 and 2010 in much smaller dimensions, demonstrating the importance of this incipient masterpiece within the artist's oeuvre.⠀ ⠀ Liu Ye⠀ Leave Me in the Dark⠀ acrylic on canvas⠀ 219.7 by 299.7 cm. 86½ by 118 in.⠀ Executed in 2008.⠀ Est. HK$25,000,000 – 35,000,000 / ⠀ US$3,200,000 – 4,500,000⠀ ⠀ Contemporary Art Evening Sale⠀ 9 July, Hong Kong⠀ ⠀ #sothebyshongkong #sothebyscontemporary #liuye」6月22日 13時03分