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Drawing (ink) · Paper
Phillips · Sep 30, 2026HK$219,300 ≈ $27,950 ≈ £21,099 ≈ €24,615Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Nu accoudé (Leaning Nude)
Sanyu (Chinese-French, 1895–1966)
HK$187,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ $23,955≈ £18,609≈ €21,761
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- Medium
- Drawing (pencil) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “pencil on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed ‘Yu [in Chinese] SANYU’ lower right
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 25 x 49 cm. (9 7/8 x 19 1/4 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale (HK010419)
- Date
- November 25, 2019
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Lot
- 170
- Estimate
- HK$100,000 – HK$200,000 (≈ $12,776 – $25,552) (≈ £9,925 – £19,849) (≈ €11,606 – €23,212)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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