SANYU 常玉 (1895-1966) Lot n° 5

Woman in a grey dress, 1920-30 穿灰色裙子的女士 Watercolor and ink on paper, signed lower left 30.5 x 42.5 cm à vue - 12 x 16 3/4 in. on view 纸本水墨水彩 Watercolor and ink on paper, signed lower left Provenance Nieszawer-Princ Collection, Paris Boscher-Flobert-Lasseron sale, Paris, June 25, 2007, lot 136 Private collection, Paris BIBLIOGRAPHY Sanyu, catalog raisonné: drawings and watercolors. Rita Wong. Li-Ching Cultural and Educational Foundation, 2014, no. W64, repr. p. 190 (dimensions 28 x 40 cm) 常玉：素描和水彩画目录》。衣淑凡。立请文教基金会，2014 年，编号 W64，再版，第 190 页（尺寸 28 x 40 厘米） 常玉出身于四川一个殷实家庭，自小受喜画鸟兽的父亲熏陶 鼓励， 对艺术兴趣盎然并显示出过人的创作天赋。常玉一生 的创作始终 流露年幼时修习书法和国画的所学思想。 1923年前后，常玉在巴 黎蒙帕纳斯街区（Montparnasse）落 脚，很快便受到不同文化的冲 击。这位年轻画家不屑于到传 统美院进修，而是选择了进入大茅 舍艺术学院（Académie de la Grande Chaumière）习画。一如徐悲 鸿和林风眠，常玉也 是第一代留学巴黎的中国艺术家之一。他们中 的大部分之后 都返回了中国。不过，常玉则决定留在法国继 续自己 的艺术创作和探索。 The work is in good condition overall. The sheet is slightly creased and the paper curled. A small tear is visible at the top left corner and another on the left side. The leaf is held by its edges in its marie-louise following framing carried out before 2010. The colors are slightly faded. The work is in good condition. The sheet is slightly creased and the paper curled. A small tear is visible at the top left corner and another on the left side. The leaf is held by its edges in its marie-louise following framing carried out before 2010. The colors are slightly faded.