Lot 642
  • 642

Sanyu (Chang Yu)

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 HKD
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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

Exhibited

Taipei, National Museum of History, The Exhibition of Sanyu and Pan Yuliang, October 14 - November 26, 1995
Paris, Guimet Musée National des Arts Asiatiques, Sanyu: Language of the Body, June 16 - September 13, 2004

Literature

Gao Yuzhen, ed., The Art of San Yu, National Museum of History, Taipei, 1995, p. 124 - 125
In Search of a Homeland -  The Art of San Yu, National Museum of History, Taipei, 2001, p. 150
Alessandra Chioetto, ed., Sanyu: Language of the Body, Skira, Milan, 2004, plate 55 - 57, p. 161
Yi Zhuang, ed, World Famous Artist - San Yu, Hebei Education Press, Shijiazhuang, 2010, p. 108

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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