© Phillips — view on Phillips website ↗Buste de femme de profil
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Auction result
Reclining Leopard
Sanyu (Chinese-French, 1895–1966) · 1930s
HK$250,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $31,868≈ £23,937≈ €27,368
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- Medium
- Woodcut / linocut · Prints & multiples all woodcut / linocut results →As published: “linocut in black on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 2/50
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and numbered 'Yu [in Chinese] SANYU' and '2/50' lower left and right respectively
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 19 x 26 cm. (7 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale (HK010118)
- Date
- May 27, 2018
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Lot
- 26
- Estimate
- HK$40,000 – HK$80,000 (≈ $5,099 – $10,198) (≈ £3,830 – £7,660) (≈ €4,379 – €8,758)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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