Chapter 52 (1/2)

This is a strange painting.

The color of the picture is bright. The pen is direct and the bright lines outline the graceful figure of a * * girl. The girl lay on a bright red sofa with her head tilted. Her face was split in two. The black lines connected her nose and mouth from the background above her forehead.

If you distinguish carefully, you will find that this is a combination of half side face and half front face. This combination makes the picture look three-dimensional, which is also a common technique used by Picasso.

The strangest thing is the girl's hand. Judging from the color, fat, thin and shape, it can be clearly seen that this is not a person's hand. What's more interesting is that she has six fingers in each hand.

”I bought this painting from the United States last Christmas.” Xia Wenyuan didn't know why Aoki suddenly asked about this, but after he came out of his dream, he had considerable trust in Aoki. ”He has been hanging here since he bought it.”

Aoki was close to the picture, and the tip of his nose was almost touching the paint. Generally speaking, it is very impolite to appreciate the painting in this way. It is easy to damage the painting. Even if it will not be touched, the moisture exhaled from the mouth is also a serious injury to the oil painting that is difficult to preserve.

Wu Lixia knew that Xia Wenyuan loved the painting very much and gently reminded: ”the painting cost 150 million US dollars. It shouldn't have been hung directly on the wall like this.”

”Oh, I see.” Aoki is a little far away from the painting, but it still looks worrying. He will touch the paint off at any time. ”You must like this painting very much.”

”Of course.” Xia Wenyuan said, ”I don't need to invest in art to earn the price difference. If I don't really like it, I won't spend so much money to buy an oil painting and hang it in my study and watch it every day.”

”Can you tell me why you like this painting so much? From the style and collection of books in the study, you still prefer oriental aesthetics. If the oil painting downstairs is to match the fireplace, the oil painting in your study is too strange.” Aoki asked.

”Sir, you have a good eye! It's also the painting that is destined for me.”

Xia Wenyuan praised Aoki, and then talked about the process of buying paintings.

”Last year, I was invited to a charity auction in the United States. At the VIP preview before shooting, I saw Picasso's dream. To be honest, I know little about western art and rarely collect relevant collections. But I liked this painting at the first sight. It has a feeling that I am very familiar with it, as if I had seen it somewhere.”

”Such a famous painting must have seen pictures on the Internet or somewhere else!” Aoki said.

Xia Wenyuan said: ”no, it's not that kind of familiarity. It's a feeling of 'long absence', just like meeting with relatives who have been separated for many years.”

Aoki suddenly remembered a symbol of the hourglass of time. At that time, he also had a feeling of ”long absence”, so he could understand Xia Wenyuan's feeling. But he can be sure that he is inextricably linked with the symbol, and what does Xia Wenyuan have to do with a famous oil painting?

It's impossible to ”haven't seen you for a long time” without any reason!

”Then you bought it?”