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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
Seated Nude
Sanyu (Chinese-French, 1895–1966)
HK$387,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $49,401≈ £37,196≈ €42,894
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed 'Yu [in Chinese] SANYU' lower left
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 45 x 28 cm. (17 3/4 x 11 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Modern & Contemporary Art (HK010326)
- Date
- March 29, 2026
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Lot
- 147
- Estimate
- HK$150,000 – HK$240,000 (≈ $19,148 – $30,636) (≈ £14,417 – £23,068) (≈ €16,625 – €26,601)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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