David Wu Ject-Key

signed in pinyin and Chinese and stamped with the artist's seal; titled and dated 65 on the reverse

Important Private American Collection

This work is overall in good condition. The canvas is relined with wax adhesive. There are very slight craquelures across the surface. There are wears along the four borders. There is a sign of old restoration at the forehead of the girl.
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"There is infinite variety in the flesh tones; some are toward the blue, others are warmer and more yellowish; as a matter of fact, depending upon the model, you have all shades of the bluish-white to very dark brown or even ebony. The shadows on the cold-colored skins are toward the purple. You can get a good purplish shadow by mixing ultramarine blue, orange and alizarin crimson. For the warmer skin tones a shadow made with viridian green and light red will be of warm brownish tone."

D. Wu Ject-Key, The Figure in Painting, The Artist Magazine, December Issue, 1958