Lot 5046
  • 5046

Yuan Yunfu

Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Yuan Yunfu
  • Pu Songling's Studio
  • inscribed, titled and stamped with the artist's seal
  • ink and colour on paper
executed in 1978; Wally Findlay Galleries label affixed to the reverse

Provenance

Wally Findlay Galleries, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present American owner

Exhibited

Yuan Yunfu’s Chinese Paintings, Wally Findlay Galleries, New York, 1981

Literature

The Art of Yuan Yunfu, People’s Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, 1980, pl. 38, illustrated in colour
The Art of Yuan Yunfu, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, Changsha, 1983, p.62 illustrated in colour
Ink Painting of Yuan Yunfu, The Forbidden City Press, Beijing, 2012, p.117
Yuan Yunfu: Painting and Drawing, Chung Hwa Book Co., Beijing, 2012, p.288, illustrated in colour

Condition

This work is in overall very good condition. There is slight wear to the left of the tree trunk bottom.
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