Wu Zuoren (1908-1997) A Nude Woman

Lot No: 812

Estimate(RMB): 5,800,000-7,800,000

Price Realized(RMB):8,625,000(Including commission)

Oil on canvas
Dated the 1930s
Illustrated: 1. Seeking Sun Peicang, pl. 5, Sun Yuan, Guangxi Normal
University Publishing House
2. Qing Qing Zi Pei-Rediscovery of Art History in Republic
of China: Sun Peicang and His Collections, p. 36, Sun
Yuan
Exhibited: 3. 'Inauguration of 2014 Sino-Russia Senior Oil Painting
Seminar', Chinese National Academy of Arts | China
Academy of Oil Painting, Beijing
4. 'Qing Qing Zi Pei-Rediscovery of Art History in Republic
of China: Sun Peicang and His Collections', Chinese
National Academy of Arts | China Academy of Oil Painting,
Beijing
5. 'Way of Being a Teacher-Xu Beijing and His Students' Works
Exhibition ', Hanhai Contemporary Art Center
Provenance: Made during Wu Zuoren's study in Belgium in the 1930s, it is an oil painting with the largest size and most complete content ever known in the market as well as an important model in modern Chinese painting.
Sun Peicang, a prominent collector in Republic of China and the first Chinese to introduce western oil painting to China, once presented the lot to Central Academy of Fine Arts and was later returned to Sun Peicang's family under direct approval of Xi Zhongxun in 1986.
130×90cm
RMB: 5,800,000-7,800,000
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