Lot 624
  • 624

Sanyu (Chang Yu)

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Sanyu (Chang Yu)
  • Les poèms de T'ao T'sien
  • etching in book, a set of three etchings
stamped with the artist's seal
Executed in 1930, this work is number 177 from an edition of 290.

Provenance

Private European Collection

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. First print of the book: there is evidence of brown accretions and foxing along the left edge of the man's robe. There are no apparent condition problems with the three etchings by Sanyu.
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