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SANYU,
Untitled , 1940 (Painted)
Lot #1017 |
2010-05-29 |
Christie's, Hong Kong
Asian Contemporary Art and Chinese 20th Century Art (Evening Sale)
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
HKD 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 (currency of sale)
USD 1,025,600 - 1,538,400 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Christie's
Auction number: 2805
Auction name: Asian Contemporary Art and Chinese 20th Century Art (Evening Sale)
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: Hong Kong
Start date: 2010-05-29
End date: 2010-05-29
Currency: HKD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century Chinese Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 65 x 80 cm. (25 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.)
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
65
Width In Centimeters:
80
Height In Inches:
25.5906
Width In Inches:
31.4961
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Year notes: Painted in 1940s-50s.
Provenance
Provenance<br> <br> <br> <br> Hotel Drouot, Paris, France, 1966<br> <br> Collection of Y. Bideau, Paris, France<br> <br> Collection of Jean-Claude Riedel, Paris, France<br> <br> Sotheby's Taipei, 10 April 1994, Lot 50<br> <br> Private Collection, Taipei, Taiwan
Exhibited
Exhibited<br> <br> <br> <br> Taipei, Taiwan, Tamsui Center of Arts and Culture,<br> <br> Sanyu<br> <br> , 18 August-4 September 1994.<br> <br> LITERATURE<br> <br> Tamsui Center of Arts and Culture,<br> <br> Sanyu<br> <br> , Taipei, Taiwan, 1994 (illustrated, p. 35).<br> <br> Antonie Chen, Artist Publishing Company,<br> <br> Overseas Chinese Fine Arts Series - Sanyu<br> <br> , Taipei, Taiwan, 1995 (illustrated, plate 84, p. 143). Leslie Jones, 'Sanyu: Chinese Painter of Montparnasse',<br> <br> Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics 35, Spring 1999 (p. 238).<br> <br> Rita Wong, Yageo Foundation and Lin & Keng Art Publications, Sanyu Catalogue Raisonn/ae Oil Paintings, Taipei, Taiwan, 2001 (illustrated, plate 218, p. 341).
Catalog summary
SANYU (CHANG YU, 1901-1966) Pink Leopard signed in Chinese; signed 'Sanyu' in French (lower right) oil on masonite 65 x 80 cm. (25 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.) Painted in 1940s-50s