PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF PAUL AND MARIE-HÉLÈNE FLECK REIF
SANYU (CHANG YU, 1895–1966)
Kitten Clambering up a Chair; & Nude (double-sided)
Details
SANYU (CHANG YU, 1895–1966)
Kitten Clambering up a Chair; & Nude (double-sided)
signed in Chinese and signed ‘SANYU’ (front; lower right); signed in Chinese and signed ‘SANYU’ (reverse; lower right)
oil on masonite in the original artist frame (front); oil on paper laid on masonite (reverse)
image: 50.7 x 33.4 cm (20 x 13 1/8 in.)
framed: 51.1 x 34.7 cm. (20 1/8 x 13 5/8 in.)
Painted in the 1930s
Kitten Clambering up a Chair; & Nude (double-sided)
signed in Chinese and signed ‘SANYU’ (front; lower right); signed in Chinese and signed ‘SANYU’ (reverse; lower right)
oil on masonite in the original artist frame (front); oil on paper laid on masonite (reverse)
image: 50.7 x 33.4 cm (20 x 13 1/8 in.)
framed: 51.1 x 34.7 cm. (20 1/8 x 13 5/8 in.)
Painted in the 1930s
Provenance
Kunstzaal Van Lier Gallery, Amsterdam
Collection of Paul and Marie-Hélène Fleck Reif, Amsterdam
Thence by descent in the family to the present owner
Collection of Paul and Marie-Hélène Fleck Reif, Amsterdam
Thence by descent in the family to the present owner
Literature
‘Nieuw Werk Van Sanyu’, Algemeen Handelsblad, 21 April 1934 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Kunstzaal Van Lier Gallery, New Works by Sanyu, April 1934.
Further Details
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of oil paintings by Sanyu under preparation by Rita Wong and The Li Ching Cultural and Educational Foundation.
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