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 […]
From Shanghai Daily: Chinese artist Xu Beihong‘s early draft of “Yugong Yishan” was auctioned off for 33 million yuan (US$4.13 million) to a mainland collector yesterday in Beijing, setting a record high for an oil painting in China’s auction history, Xinhua news agency reported today. The draft was produced in 1940 during Xu’s stay in […]
From Xinhua News Agency: An early draft of a masterpiece of Chinese artist Xu Beihong(ÂæêÊÇ≤È∏ø), will be auctioned on June 25 in Beijing, and the vendors hope it will stay on the Chinese mainland after more than 60 years overseas. The “Yugong Yishan” or “the foolish old man who removed the mountain” (ÊÑöÂÖ¨Áߪ±±)had been auctioned […]
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