ID 1093289
Lot 11 | SANYU (CHANG YU, 1895-1966)
Estimate value
HKD 100 000 000 – 150 000 000
Femme nue sur un tapis (Nude on Tapestry)
signed in Chinese and signed ‘SANYU’ (upper right)
oil on canvas
81 x 130 cm. (31 7⁄8 x 50 1⁄8 in.)
Painted in 1929
Provenance
Henri-Pierre Roché, Paris
Jean-Claude Riedel, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Shanghai Crescent Moon Publishing, Crescent Moon, vol. 1, no. 12, 10 February 1929 (illustrated, n.p.).
S. Zau, ‘A Treasure in the Modern Art World’, Golden Chamber Monthly, vol. 1, no. 3, 1 March 1929 (illustrated, p.83).
W. Michel, ‘Der schöne Mensch in der neuen Kunst’ (The Beautiful Person in New Art), Deutsche Kunst Und Dekoration (German Art and Decoration), April 1929 (illustrated, p. 272).
G. Ge, ‘The French Painter Sanyu’s Recent Works’, Pictorial Shanghai, no. 505, 9 September 1929 (illustrated, n.p.)
R. Wong (ed.), Sanyu Catalogue Raisonné: Oil Paintings, YAGEO Foundation and Lin & Keng Art Publications, Taipei, 2001 (illustrated in detail, cover page; illustrated, p. 105; back cover).
Skira, Sanyu: L'écriture du corps (Language of the body), exh. cat., Musée des arts asiatiques Guimet, Paris, 2004 (illustrated, p. 141).
R. Wong (ed.), Sanyu Catalogue Raisonné: Oil Paintings (Volume II), The Li Ching Cultural and Educational Foundation, Taipei, 2011 (illustrated, p.36 & 116).
Li & Li Gallery (ed.), Sanyu: In a Reverie of Black, White and Pink, exh. cat., Li & Li Gallery, Taipei, 2018 (illustrated in detail, p.6-7; illustrated, p. 111).
Exhibited
Darmstadt, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt Städtisches Ausstellungsgebäude, Der schöne Mensch in der neuen Kunst (The Beautiful Person in New Art), June–October 1929.
Artist: | Sanyu (1895 - 1966) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Sanyu (1895 - 1966) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
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