Lot 655

YAN WENLIANG  SHANGHAI YU GARDEN

oil on cardboard

Estimate(RMB): 1,500,000-2,000,000

Estimate(USD): 217,392-289,856

Selling Price(RMB): 1,725,000

Signed YAN Wenliang in Chinese with one seal painted by the artist

SIZE: 18×25.8 cm. 71/8×101/8 in.

PROVENANCE

Acquired from the Artist’s Relative by a Private Collector
Beijing Chengxuan Auctions, Chinese Oil Paintings and Sculptures, November 20th 2014, lot.859
Acquired by the Present Owner from above

PUBLISH

Modern Artists: Theories, Works and life of YAN Wenliang, Academia Press, Shanghai, December 1982, pl.77
YAN Wenliang, Shanghai People’s Fine Arts Publishing House, May 1985, pl.54
A Selection of Famous Artists’ Paintings:YAN Wenliang’s Oil Paintings, Shanghai Pictorial Publishing House, February 2002, pl.7
Album in Honor of The Tenth Anniversary of Shanghai YAN Wenliang’s Art Promotion Association, Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture Radio Film and TV, December 2006, p. 49
Documents of Chinese Oil Paintings in 20th Century-YAN Wenliang, Culture and Art Publishing House, Beijing, December 2009, p.176
The Collection of Shanghai Artists-YAN Wenliang, Shanghai Calligraphies and Paintings Publishing House, July 2013, p.98
Beijing Chengxuan Auctions Ten Years, Beijing Chengxuan Auctions Co., Ltd., November 2015, p.6