Live Auction 3259A Special Selection of Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Day Sale)
SANYU (CHANG YU, Chinese, 1901-1966)
Lot 7040

SANYU (CHANG YU, Chinese, 1901-1966)

Seated Nude

Closed24 November 2013

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HKD 375,000

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SANYU
(CHANG YU, Chinese, 1901-1966)
Seated Nude
signed in Chinese; signed 'Sanyu' in Pinyin (lower right)
watercolour on paper
37.5 x 29.5 cm. (14 3/4 x 11 5/8 in.)
Painted circa 1930s

Private Collection, France

Specialist note

Sanyu painted what fascinated him, the female body.
-Zao Wou-ki in remembrance of Sanyu