Sanyu - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in Association with Poly Auction Hong Kong Thursday, December 3, 2020 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Asia
    Christie’s, Hong Kong, 24 November 2013, lot 7103
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Taipei, Eslite Gallery, An Intimate View: Sanyu’s Small Masterpieces, 3 March – 1 April 2018, pp. 102-107 (another example exhibited and illustrated)

  • Literature

    Rita Wong, SANYU Catalogue Raisonne: Prints, Taipei, 2017, no. P25-27, pp. 100-107 (another example illustrated, pp. 101, 103-107)

228

Les Poèmes de T'ao Tsien

1930
signed ‘yu [in Chinese]’ along bottom edge
a set of three etchings in an editioned book
each etching 19.3 x 14.8 cm. (7 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
book 33 x 25.5 x 1.2 cm. (13 x 10 x 1/2 in.)

Executed in 1930, this work is number 181 from an edition of 306.

Estimate
HK$40,000 - 70,000 
€5,100-8,900
$5,100-9,000

Sold for HK$113,400

Contact Specialist

Danielle So
Associate Specialist, Head of Day Sale

20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in Association with Poly Auction

Hong Kong Auction 4 December 2020