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Three works: (i) The Boat Dwellers; (ii) Boats; (iii) Sailing on the Yangtze River
Circa 1945
(i) various objects and locales labelled by Aisin-Gioro Puyi in Chinese; inscribed 'Puyi said: "If I had real power, I would have given housing to all [Dan Min (Tanka People)] on land." [in Russian]' lower right by Georgy Permyakov; further signed, titled, inscribed and dated by Georgy Permyakov 'Runqi Gobulo, Puyi's brother-in-law,"Dan Min", "River People", Born in a boat, All their lives in a boat, Die in a boat, 1945-E [in Russian]' on the reverse;
(ii) various objects and locales labelled by Aisin-Gioro Puyi in Chinese; inscribed 'Pujie loved water [in Russian]' lower right by Georgy Permyakov; further signed, titled, inscribed and dated by Georgy Permyakov 'Runqi Gobulo, Puyi's brother-in-law, "Boats", 1945-E [in Russian]' on the reverse
(iii) various objects and locales labelled by Aisin-Gioro Puyi in Chinese; inscribed 'Puyi said: " I really like this drawing." [in Russian]' lower right by Georgy Permyakov; further signed, titled, inscribed and dated by Georgy Permyakov 'Runqi Gobulo, "Junks on the Yangtze", 1946 [in Russian]' on the reverse;
ink and colour on paper
i) 31 x 42.5 cm. (12 1/4 x 16 3/4 in.) ii, iii) 26 x 41.5 cm (10 1/4 x 16 3/8 in.)
i, ii) Executed in circa 1945. iii) Executed in circa 1946.
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