SANYU 常玉 (1895-1966) Lot n° 12

Woman seated with back 坐着的女士 Pencil on paper, signed lower left 纸本素描 48.5 x 31.1 cm - 19 x 12 1/4 in. Pencil on paper, signed lower left Provenance Sanyu workshop sale, 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°D3058, repr. The paper is yellowed with age. A piece of paper at bottom left is torn (missing). There are fold marks at the corners, as well as scattered freckling and a pinhole at the bottom left. Very slight tears are visible around the edges of the sheet. Slight scattered soiling. The paper is yellowed with age. A piece of paper at bottom left is torn (missing). There are marks of folding at the corners, as well as scattered foxing and a pinhole at bottom left. Very slight tears are visible around the edges of the sheet. Slight scattered soiling.