Liu Haisu (1896-1994) Suzhou River

Lot No: 1297

Estimate(RMB): 15,000,000-25,000,000

Price Realized(RMB):36,340,000(Including commission)

Oil on canvas
Dated 1957
Signed 'Haisu' in Chinese and dated; signed 'Liu Haisu' in Chinese, titled and dated on reverse
Illustrated:1. Selected Oil Paintings by Liu Haisu, pl. 50, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1981
     2. Selected Works of Liu Haisu, pp. 132-133, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1983
     3. Masterpieces of Liu Haisu, pl. 70, Fujian People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1985
     4. Selected Paintings by Liu Haisu, pl. 133, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1986
     5. Traitor of Art: Liu Haisu, p. 112, Times Culture Publishing House, 2003
     6. Selected Paintings of Liu Haisu, vol. 2, pp. 326-327, Beijing Crafts & Arts Publishing House, 2006
     7. Literatures on China's Oil Paintings in the 20th Century: Liu Haisu, p. 135, Culture and Art Publishing House, 2010
     8. Drop in the Ocean: Art Exhibition of Liu Haisu, p. 74, National Art Muesum of China, 2017
Published: 9. Yi Yuan, issue no. 1, p. 87, 1983
     10. Masters of Chinese Painting, issue no. 194, pp. 14-15, Jinxiu Publishing House, 1996
Literature: 11. Chronicle of Liu Haisu, p. 181, Shanghai People's Publishing House, 1992
     12. Study On Liu Haisu, p. 202, Shangai Pictorial Publishing House, 2000
Exhibited: 13. 'Exhibition of Liu Haisu's Oil Paintings and Chinese Paintings', Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, March, 1957
     14. 'Exhibition of Liu Haisu's Paintings', National Art Museum of China, Beijing, June, 1979
     15. Exhibition of Liu Haisu's Paintings', Jiangsu Art Museum, Nanjing, November, 1979
     16. 'Drop in the Ocean: Art Exhibition of Liu Haisu', National Art Muesum of China, Beijing, November, 2017
72×104cm
RMB: 15,000,000-25,000,000
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