Lot 5056
  • 5056

Yun Gee (Zhu Yuanzhi)

Estimate
1,800,000 - 2,800,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Yun Gee (Zhu Yuanzhi)
  • Caretaker's Cottage
  • executed in 1927
  • oil on canvas
signed in Pinyin
Pasadena Museum of California Art, William Benton Museum of Art, Oakland Museum, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, and Yageo Foundation labels affixed to the reverse

Provenance

Collection of Helen Gee, New York
Collection of Yageo Foundation, Taipei
Christie's Hong Kong, October 31, 2004, lot 743
Acquired from the above by the present Asian owner

Exhibited

The Painting of Yun Gee, The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, October 13 - November 18, 1979
The Painting of Yun Gee, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina , Greensboro, February 10 - March 9, 1980
The Painting of Yun Gee, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, March 18 - April 27, 1980
The Painting of Yun Gee, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, October 17 - November 23, 1980
The Art of Yun Gee, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, 25 March - 14 June, 1992

Literature

The Painting of Yun Gee, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1979, p. 53
The Art of Yun Gee, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, 1992, p. 114, illustrated in colour

Condition

This work is in overall good condition. There are minor craquelures presumably due to the artist's chosen medium. There is no apparent inpainting under UV light examination.
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