Yun GEE
Chinese-American 1906 - 1963
Born in Guangdong, China. Yun Gee enrolled in the San Francisco Art Institute when he moved to San Francisco in 1921. In 1925, he studied at the California School of Fine Art under Gottardo Piazzoni and Otis Oldfield. He had his first solo exhibition in 1926, where he met his first patrons, the Prince & Princess Achilles Murat, who encouraged him to go to France. Gee had several solo exhibitions during his stay in Paris. In 1932,Gee was invited to participate in the exhibition "Murals by American Painters and Photographers". He spent the next phase of his life traveling between New York City and Paris before he passed away at the age of 57. In 1968, the Robert Scholkopf Gallery in New York held a retrospective of his works, reviving Gee's memory after he had been forgotten for many years.
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Old Castle
Oil on canvas
55 x 46 cm
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Estimate
12,000,000 - 20,000,000 2,963,000 - 4,938,000 381,900 - 636,500
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Jeune Fille Américaine
(Portrait of a Young American Woman) 1928
Oil on paper
29 x 20 cm
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Estimate
1,400,000 - 2,400,000 333,000 - 570,000 42,900 - 73,500
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Sold Price
1,440,000 344,498 44,335
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Central Park
1940
Oil on canvas
41 x 51 cm
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Estimate
9,000,000 - 18,000,000 2,128,000 - 4,255,000 272,900 - 545,800
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Sold Price
9,000,000 2,132,701 275,398
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Frost in Central Park
1940
Oil on canvas
51 x 63.5 cm
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Estimate
5,769,000 - 7,692,000 1,500,000 - 2,000,000 193,500 - 258,100
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Sold Price
14,769,231 3,840,000 495,484
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Female Nude Bust
1930 - 1940
Oil on board
41 x 32.5 cm
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Estimate
1,200,000 - 2,000,000 293,000 - 488,000 40,000 - 66,700
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Sold Price
1,440,000 368,286 47,478
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Central Park (New York)
1940
Oil on canvas
63.5 x 80 cm
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Estimate
9,500,000 - 13,500,000 2,262,000 - 3,214,000 296,900 - 421,900
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Sold Price
10,560,000 2,549,493 327,239
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Frost in Central Park
1940
Oil on canvas
50 x 65 cm
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Estimate
3,800,000 - 6,000,000 894,000 - 1,412,000 116,200 - 183,500
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Sold Price
6,240,000 1,503,614 194,030
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Portrait of Miss Ellen
1940
Oil on panel
60.5 x 40.5 cm
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Estimate
2,500,000 - 3,600,000 588,000 - 847,000 76,500 - 110,100
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Landscape with Pine Tree
1932
Ink on paper
23.5 x 18 cm
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Estimate
200,000 - 350,000 47,000 - 82,000 6,100 - 10,700
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Sold Price
168,000 40,482 5,224
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Horses
Oil on canvas
72 x 59 cm
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Estimate
4,200,000 - 5,200,000 988,000 - 1,224,000 128,400 - 159,000
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Sold Price
5,520,000 1,330,120 171,642
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