SANYU (CHANG YU, 1895–1966)

Lot 211
29.03.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1399888
Lot 211 | SANYU (CHANG YU, 1895–1966)
Estimate value
HKD 2 500 000 – 3 500 000
SANYU (CHANG YU, 1895–1966)
Cheval noir (Black Horse)
signed in Chinese and signed 'SANYU' (upper left)
oil on canvas
22 x 27 cm. (8 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. )
Painted in 1929-1932




Provenance

Henri-Pierre Roche, Paris
A.M. Escaffre, France
Jean-Claude Riedel, Paris
Private collection, Paris
Sotheby's Taipei, 13 April 1997, lot 43
Private collection, Taipei
Private collection, Taipei



Literature

R. Wong (ed.), Sanyu Catalogue Raisonné: Oil Paintings, YAGEO Foundation and Lin & Keng Art Publications, Taipei, 2001 (illustrated, plate 216, p. 339).
L'écriture du corps (Sanyu, Language of the Body), exh. cat., Guimet Museum, Paris, 2004 (illustrated, plate 58, p. 94, 162).
R. Wong (ed.), Sanyu: Catalogue Raisonné: Oil Paintings Volume II, The Li Ching Cultural and Educational Foundation, Taipei, 2011 (illustrated, plate 216, p. 141).
An Intimate View: Sanyu's Small Masterpieces, exh. cat., Eslite Gallery, Taipei, 2018 (illustrated, p.73).
R. Wong, SANYU: His Life and Complete Works in Oil Volume Two, The Li Ching Cultural and Educational Foundation, Taipei, 2024 (illustrated, plate LCF95, p. 126, 428).



Exhibited

Paris, Guimet Museum, L'écriture du corps (Sanyu, Language of the Body), 16 June - 13 September 2004.
Taipei, Eslite Gallery, An Intimate View: Sanyu's Small Masterpieces, 3 March - 1 April 2018.
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