Lot 586
  • 586

Tang Yunyu

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 HKD
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Description

  • Tang Yunyu
  • Putuo in the Afternoon
  • oil on canvas
signed in Chinese; signed in Pinyin on the reverse
executed in 1930

Provenance

Private Asian Collection

Literature

Issued Postcard, Republic of China Government, 1940 
The Chinese Oil Painting Research Series: Tang Yun Yu
, Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Shanghai, 2009, p. 61

Condition

This work is in good condition. There are minor paint losses and short hairline craquelure scattered across the canvas, only visible under close examination. There is a short fiber stemming out of the surface, located 20.5 cm from the left edge and 12.5 cm from the top, which is inherent to the medium itself. There is another light tear, 1.4 cm in length, 11.8 cm to the top and 26.5 cm to the left. There is no evidence of restoration under UV light.
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