FOR RM 17 MILLION, YOU CAN BUY MILLIONS OF POTS OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND ALSO THE ENTIRE FARM, NURSERY AND GARDEN TO GROW MORE OF THEM!
But this is no ordinary potted chrysanthemums and it is not even a plant but a painting. And not by some half-baked hack but fully cooked artist named Sanyu, a modern Chinese painter. Nowhere near Vincent Van Gogh as he is not universally famous nor spoken in the same breath as Picasso or Monet or even Manet but this precious, seminal work is targeted at the Chinese market so it should sell well on 5 April!
SOTHEBY’S HONG KONG TO PRESENT
POTTED CHRYSANTHEMUMS –
A Museum-Quality Large-Format Masterpiece
By Modern Chinese Artist Sanyu Circa 1950s
At Modern And Contemporary Asian Art –
Evening Sale
On 5 April 2014
- A Painting Chosen By The Artist For An
Exhibition In France In 1958
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- Previously Unrecorded – Appearing For The First Time On the Market
In Over Half A Century
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- Expected To Fetch In Excess Of RM 17 million
Sanyu (1901 – 1966) Potted
Chrysanthemums
Circa 1950s, Oil on
Masonite, 130.3 x 74.5 cm
Expected to fetch in excess of RM 17 million
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Sotheby’s Hong Kong will present Potted Chrysanthemums, a
seminal 1950s piece by modern Chinese master Sanyu (1901 – 1966), at its
Modern and Contemporary Asian Art sale on 5 April 2014.
This large-format 130.3 x 74.5 cm
museum-quality masterpiece belongs to Sanyu’s celebrated Potted Flower
Series, and was especially chosen by the artist to participate in the
Jansonne Triennial Art Exhibition in France in 1958.
The majestic Potted Chrysanthemums
boasts a rich composition on masonite, and only the prestigious Sanyu
collection from the National Museum of History in Taiwan has a group of works
of comparable quality by the artist.
Compared
with its sister painting of the same English title, which sold at Sotheby’s
Hong Kong in October 2012, the present Potted Chrysanthemums displays an even more nuanced and graceful splendour although they share a similar creative approach.
Sanyu’s oil paintings are
highly prized among collectors for their rarity. Appearing on the market for the
first time since its exhibition appearance over half a century ago, Potted
Chrysanthemums is expected to realise in excess of RM 17 million.
Sylvie Chen, Head of 20th
Century Chinese Art Department,
said: “This Spring, Sotheby’s is very privileged to bring to the market a
majestic, museum-quality still life of Potted Chrysanthemums by Sanyu
which was last seen by the art world in France in 1958 and is causing
tremendous excitement.
The work is more than twice the size of its sister painting of the same English title which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in October 2012 for RM 13 million. The debut appearance of the present Potted Chrysanthemums on the market after half a century at the upcoming Modern and Contemporary Asian Art – Evening Sale presents an unprecedented opportunity for collectors to acquire an important Sanyu work, while offering a glimpse into the history of the artist’s rarely known life in France.”
The work is more than twice the size of its sister painting of the same English title which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in October 2012 for RM 13 million. The debut appearance of the present Potted Chrysanthemums on the market after half a century at the upcoming Modern and Contemporary Asian Art – Evening Sale presents an unprecedented opportunity for collectors to acquire an important Sanyu work, while offering a glimpse into the history of the artist’s rarely known life in France.”
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