SANYU 常玉 (1895-1966) Lot n° 8

Classmate drawing 正在写生的同学 Pencil on paper, signed lower right 纸本素描 48.5 x 31 cm - 19 1/8 x 12 1/4 in Pencil on paper, signed lower right Provenance Sale of the Sanyu workshop, Drouot, Paris, 1966 Collection Michel Habart, Paris (acquired at previous sale) Private collection, Paris (inherited from previous owner) Bibliography Rita Wong, Sanyu Catalogue raisonné: drawings and watercolors - electronical index of drawings, Taipei, 2014, n°D3021, repr. The sheet is very yellowed and creased. There are a few fold marks on the edges and corners. A few small, scattered surface stains are visible. Slight tears at edges. The top two corners are missing. The leaf is slightly yellowed and creased. There are a few fold marks on the edges and corners. A few small, scattered surface stains are visible. A few slight tears at the edges of the leaf. Two upper corners missing.