CHU Teh-Chun [Chinese] (1920-2014) N° 142, 1963 Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Signed, dated and numbered on the back. 146 x 114 cm Provenance : - Galerie Arlette Gimaray, Paris (label on back on stretcher). - Mes Dumousset-Deburaux sale, November 9, 1989, no. 27. - Sale Mes Champin-Lombrail-Gautier, Enghien-les-Bains, April 4, 1990, n°15. - Sale Me Gabrielle Ionesco, Hôtel des ventes de Neuilly, July 3, 1990, no. 158. Acquired by the current owner. Exhibition: Galerie Legendre, Paris, 1963. This work is in the archives of the Chu Teh Chun Foundation (https://chu-teh-chun.org) and will be published in the Chu Teh Chun Catalogue raisonné currently in preparation. A certificate from the Chu Teh-Chun Foundation will be given to the buyer.

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