Bo-chuan Kuo

Lot 858: Guo Bochuan , 1901 - 1974 The Forbidden City oil on canvas

Name: Guo Bochuan , 1901 - 1974 The Forbidden City oil on canvas
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 4nzqggd5se

Est: $30,000,000 HKD - $40,000,000 HKDSold:

Sotheby'sHong Kong, ChinaApril 09, 2008

Item Overview

Description

signed Bo in Chinese in a square and dated 35 (35th year of the Republic of China, corresponding to 1946), framed under perspex oil on canvas

Dimensions

measurements note 73 by 91cm.; 28 3/4 by 35 7/8 in.

Artist or Maker

Bo-chuan Kuo

Literature

The Collected Works of the Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Vol. 10: Guo Bochuan, Taiwan, 1993, cover and fig. 23
Li Qinxian, The Home-Museum: Collected Paintings of the Older Generation of Artists: The Uniqueness of Guo Bochuan, 1997, figs 4 - 19

Provenance

Sotheby's Taipei, 16th October 1994, cover and Lot 59
Acquired directly from the above by the current owner

Notes

For further details on this work, please refer to the special auction catalogue, Guo Bochuan - The Forbidden City

Auction Details

Contemporary Chinese Art I

Sotheby's

April 09, 2008, 12:00 PM EST

5/F One Pacific Place, Hong Kong, Admiralty, -, CN

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