Lot 224
  • 224

Chu Teh-Chun (Zhu Dequn)

Estimate
700,000 - 900,000 HKD
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Description

  • Chu Teh-Chun
  • Composition
  • oil on canvas
Signed in pinyin and Chinese and dated 78 (lower right)
Executed in 1978

Provenance

Private European Collection

Condition

There is cracking of the paint around the edge of the canvas and cracking of paint in the lower half of the painting, but appears stable. There is a scratch (2cm) at upper right and a hairline crack (2cm) in the paint at the upper middle of the canvas. There is a small patch at the top centre on edge of canvas where the paint appears to have come away to reveal some canvas underneath.
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