Lot 714
  • 714

SANYU | Nu couché de dos

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 HKD
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Description

  • Sanyu
  • Nu couché de dos
  • stamped with the artist's seal
  • ink on paper
  • 19.5 by 40 cm; 7 ⅝ by 15 ¾ in.
executed circa 1920

Provenance

Collection of Cappellin, Paris (acquired directly from the artist between 1960 and 1966)
Private Asian Collection

Literature

Rita Wong, ed., Sanyu Catalogue Raisonné: Drawings and Watercolours, The Li Ching Cultural and Educational Foundation, Taipei, 2014, plate D0227

Condition

The work is overall in very good condition, except for a few very minor spots of foxing in the lower right.
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