Lot 440
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440
Teh-Chun Chu
Composition N° 85, 1961.
Gouache
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 27,000 Sold:
€ 90,000 / $ 97,200 (incl. surcharge)
Composition N° 85. 1961.
Gouache.
Twice signed in Chinese and Latin characters in lower right. Verso once more twice signed, dated and titled. On firm Arches wove paper (with blindstamp). 38 x 56.5 cm (14.9 x 22.2 in), the full sheet.
• In his inimitable pictorial language Chu Teh-Chun combines elements of classic Chinesie calligraphy with elements of Fench Post-Impressionism and Western Post war Abstraction.
• He was a pioneer of Lyrical Abstraction – to him poetry and painting are inseparable.
• He was the first Frenchman of Chinese descent to be accpeted into the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1997).
Accompanied by a certificate issued by the Chu Teh-Chun Foundation, Geneva/ Switzerland on February 5, 2021. The work will be included into the forthcoming catalouge raisonné.
PROVENANCE: Galerie H. Le Gendre, Paris.
Private collection until the 1960s (acquired from aforementioned gallery).
Private collection Southern Germany (inherited from aforementioned).
Gouache.
Twice signed in Chinese and Latin characters in lower right. Verso once more twice signed, dated and titled. On firm Arches wove paper (with blindstamp). 38 x 56.5 cm (14.9 x 22.2 in), the full sheet.
• In his inimitable pictorial language Chu Teh-Chun combines elements of classic Chinesie calligraphy with elements of Fench Post-Impressionism and Western Post war Abstraction.
• He was a pioneer of Lyrical Abstraction – to him poetry and painting are inseparable.
• He was the first Frenchman of Chinese descent to be accpeted into the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1997).
Accompanied by a certificate issued by the Chu Teh-Chun Foundation, Geneva/ Switzerland on February 5, 2021. The work will be included into the forthcoming catalouge raisonné.
PROVENANCE: Galerie H. Le Gendre, Paris.
Private collection until the 1960s (acquired from aforementioned gallery).
Private collection Southern Germany (inherited from aforementioned).
440
Teh-Chun Chu
Composition N° 85, 1961.
Gouache
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 27,000 Sold:
€ 90,000 / $ 97,200 (incl. surcharge)
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