SANYU (CHANG Yu)
Chinese-French 1901 - 1966
Born in 1901, Sichuan. Sanyu attended Art College in Shanghai and went to Japan in 1919. In 1921, he went to France as part of the first wave of Chinese artists to study there. Unlike most of his contemporaries, Sanyu decided to remain in Paris. Since 1925, Sanyu exhibited his work regularly at the Paris salons and in local galleries. Before World War II, Sanyu returned to China briefly and then moved on to New York where he lived for two years. In 1948, the Museum of Modern Art in New York held an exhibition of his work. Since Sanyu's death in Paris in 1966, the National Museum of History in Taipei has held three retrospective exhibitions of his works. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Sanyu, the National Museum of History held a grand exhibition of over 129 oil paintings. In 2004, the Musée National des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet held a restrospective show of Sanyu's 60 works.
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Study of Cat and Horse
1931
Ink and pencil on paper / envelope mounted on board
11 x 14 cm
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Estimate
460,000 - 550,000 118,000 - 141,000 15,100 - 18,100 105,000 - 125,000
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Sold Price
2,760,000 700,508 89,523 621,622
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Figure
Ink on paper
43.7 x 26.3 cm
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Estimate
480,000 - 650,000 123,000 - 167,000 15,800 - 21,400 109,000 - 148,000
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Sold Price
1,440,000 365,482 46,708 324,324
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Standing Nude
Ink on paper
43.7 x 26.3 cm
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Estimate
380,000 - 550,000 98,000 - 141,000 12,500 - 18,100 86,000 - 125,000
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Sold Price
1,320,000 335,025 42,815 297,297
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Nude
Charcoal on paper
27.5 x 42.5 cm
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Estimate
460,000 - 650,000 118,000 - 167,000 15,100 - 21,400 105,000 - 148,000
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Sold Price
1,680,000 426,396 54,492 378,378
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Les Poèmes de T’ao Tsien
1930
Etching print, edition no. 220/290
15 x 9.2 cm (print)
33 x 25.5 x 1 cm (book) |
Estimate
240,000 - 340,000 65,000 - 92,000 8,300 - 11,700 52,000 - 74,000
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Sold Price
2,400,000 631,579 80,429
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Sitting Nude
1920 - 1930
Ink on paper
23.5 x 37 cm
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Estimate
550,000 - 850,000 148,000 - 229,000 18,900 - 29,300 119,000 - 184,000
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Sold Price
2,160,000 568,421 72,386
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Sans titre
1920 - 1930
Ink on paper
44 x 27.5 cm
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Estimate
550,000 - 850,000 148,000 - 229,000 18,900 - 29,300 119,000 - 184,000
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Sold Price
1,560,000 410,526 52,279
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Nude
1920 - 1930
Ink on paper
44.5 x 26.5 cm
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Estimate
600,000 - 900,000 162,000 - 243,000 20,700 - 31,000 130,000 - 195,000
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Sold Price
720,000 189,474 24,129
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The Hidden Beauty
1920 - 1930
Ink on paper
45 x 28 cm
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Estimate
700,000 - 1,200,000 189,000 - 323,000 24,100 - 41,300 152,000 - 260,000
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Sold Price
1,680,000 442,105 56,300
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Lady Reading
1920 - 1930
Ink and watercolor on paper
46 x 29 cm
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Estimate
1,900,000 - 2,800,000 512,000 - 755,000 65,400 - 96,500 412,000 - 607,000
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