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  1. Kobalt Kusama II by KASM, Image 1.

    KASM

    Kobalt Kusama II, 2026

    Ceramic

    15 x 18 x 18 cm

    US$2,500

  2. Blue Red by Sheng Qi, Image 4.

    Sheng Qi

    Blue Red, 2006

    Oil

    61 x 102 cm

    US$12,000

  3. Torso III by Mark Eshbaugh, Image 4.

    Mark Eshbaugh

    Torso III, 2004

    Gum Bichromate

    21 x 26 cm

  4. The Boat by John Bellany, Image 1.

    John Bellany

    The Boat, 2000

    Screenprint

    39 x 44 cm

    US$1,000

  5. Three Male Nudes by Joe Stein, Image 1.

    Joe Stein

    Three Male Nudes, 1995

    Cyanotype

    51 x 41 cm

    US$1,500

  6. Girls with Apples by Thanh Binh Nguyen, Image 4.

    Thanh Binh Nguyen

    Girls with Apples, c. 1995

    Oil on canvas

    81 x 101 cm

  7. Zabriski Point by J Michael Lardizabal, Image 3.

    J Michael Lardizabal

    Zabriski Point, 1989

    Platinum

    14 x 19 cm

  8. Lurcher 1958 by Chang Chau Lin, Image 3.

    Chang Chau Lin

    Lurcher 1958, 1958

    Photograph

    26 x 20 cm

    US$500

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About the artist

John Thomson

Scottish

1837-1921

John Thomson (1837-1921), a pioneering Scottish geographer and traveler, was the first known photographer to document the people and landscape of China for publication and dissemination to the Western world. Between 1868 and 1872, he traveled over 6,500 kilometers with his cumbersome camera and equipment, darkroom and chemicals capturing all aspects of Chinese and South-east Asian life.

Thomson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of a tobacco spinner and seller. He was apprenticed to an optician and scientific instrument maker in 1851, and attended evening classes to study science. In April 1862, he set out for Singapore where his older brother William was a watchmaker and photographer. While jointly operating with his brother a business making chronometers and optical and nautical instruments, Thomson began using Singapore as a base from which to travel extensively throughout Asia, taking photographs and recording his observations. In 1868 he moved to Hong Kong and began his project to photograph the people of China. After a decade in Asia, he returned to Britain, where he published the results of his travels and operated a portrait studio in London.
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