Masterpiece of Xu Beihong Sold at Record Price – Xinhua
From Xinhua via China.org: A masterpiece by prominent Chinese artist Xu Beihong (ÂæêÊÇ≤È∏ø) was auctioned on Saturday at a record 72 million Hong Kong dollars (about US$9.2 million) for a Chinese oil painting. Sotheby’s had said the 1939 painting of an anti-Japanese street play, “Put Down Your Whip,” was expected to fetch at least 30 […]