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1156 - Ku Yuan.

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€160

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Estimation

€160 - 240

Sale fees

27%

Ku Yuan. Selected Woodcuts. Une Selection de Gravures sur Bois. Beijing, People's Fine Art Press, 1952. Folio. With 43 woodcut plates, 8 of which are in color, mounted on tissue paper. 5 leaves of Chinese text. Old. (Some wear and rubbing.) First collected edition of works created between 1940 and 1951. Ku Yuan (1919–96) joined the Communist Party in 1938 and was most recently president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. His art embodies the popular style of the “liberated areas” and played an important role in Communist propaganda in China. — Slightly browned and stained.

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Auction details

Auction 146 - Day 1
Wednesday, December 9
10:00 AM
Steubenstrasse, 36
75172 Pforzheim, Germany

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Kiefer +49 7 23 19 23 20 info@kiefer.de
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