Lot 706
  • 706

SANYU | Nu debout de dos

Estimate
600,000 - 1,000,000 HKD
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Description

  • Sanyu
  • Nu debout de dos
  • signed in Chinese and French
  • ink and colour on paper
  • 45 by 27.5 cm; 17 ¾ by 10 ⅞ in.
executed in 1920/30s

Provenance

Collection of Jean-Claude Riedel, Paris
Private Asian Collection
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 6 October 2013, Lot 505
Acquired directly from the above by the present important private Asian collector 

Literature

Rita Wong, ed., Sanyu Catalogue Raisonne: Drawings and Watercolours, The Li Ching Cultural and Educational Foundation, Taipei, 2014, plate W33, p. 166

Condition

The work is overall in good condition. Upon close inspection, there are some very minor spots of foxing in scattered places.
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