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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 7, 2025 | Poly Auction | Hong Kong | Modern and Contemporary Art | 142 | $****** - ****** | Circle 87-2 | |||
Oct 5, 2014 | Sotheby's | Hong Kong | Modern and Contemporary Asian Art - Evening Sale | 1036 | $****** - ****** | Circle 87-2 |
paintings
131.5 x 130 cm (51.77 x 51.18 in)
acrylic on canvas
titled and signed in Chinese (on the reverse)
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Sotheby"s Hong Kong, 5 October 2014, Lot 1036
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
China, Beijing, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, "85 New Wave: The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art, 5 November, 2007-17 February, 2008.
"85 New Wave: The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art, Century Publishing Group, Shanghai, China, 2007 (illustrated, p. 108).
“Beginning with Conception,” "85 New Wave: China"s First Contemporary Art Movement, November 2007, Century Publishing Group, Shanghai, China (unpublished, illustrated, p. 60).
“The World Belongs to You: An Interview with Yu Youhan”, ArtWorld, January 2009, Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing house Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China (illustrated, p. 71).
Contemporary Art in Shanghai: Conversations with Seven Chinese Artists, Blue Kingfisher, Hong Kong, China, 2011, (illustrated, p. 28).
“Yu Youhan: Flow and Embodiment”, LEAP, February 2011, Modern Media Group, Guangzhou, China (illustrated, p. 144).
Yu Youhan, 3030 Press, Hong Kong, China, 2015 (illustrated, plate 57, pp. 88 & 97). (the publication inaccurately titled the work as Circle 1987-1).
Yu Youhan"s Paintings: Volume 1, Shanghai People"s Fine Arts Publishing House, Shanghai, China, 2016 (illustrated, p. 81) (the publication inaccurately titled the work as Abstract 1987-1).
Yu Youhan
Circle 87-2
Painted in 1987
acrylic on canvas
131.5 x 130 cm. (52 x 51 in.)
titled and signed in Chinese (on the reverse)
