Lot 1011: YUAN YUNFU | Jiangnan Waterscape (diptych)

executed in 1981

L: 100 by 100 cm.;   39 3/8  by 39 3/8  in. <br />R: 100 by 100 cm.;   39 3/8  by 39 3/8  in. 

oil on board

This work is overall in good condition. Left panel: There is a minor paint loss near the top right corner. Right panel: There are minor paint losses near the top right corner and the middle of the right border. There is no sign of restoration under UV examination.
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Paris, Société des Artistes Français, Salon de printemps, 1983

Yuan Yunfu Paintings & Drawings, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, Changsha, 1983, pp. 34 - 35
Yuan Jia, ed., Drawings of Yuan Yunfu, Zhonghua Book Company, Beijing, 2012, p. 27

Important Private Asian Collection