David Wu Ject-Key (1890-1968) [RA 1954-1968] : Chinese mural, ca.1950s.

 

SAL record control number: 74090 ;

Record level: Item ;

Record type: Movable work ;

 

Work title: Chinese mural [from collection list] ; 

Alternate work titles:
1989 : Chinese mural [from collection list] ; 
2016 : Ladies under the pine  [from auction catalog] ; 

Work date: ca.1950s ;

Work creator: David Wu Ject-Key, 1890-1968 ; 

Work medium: Oil on canvas ; 
Work dimensions: 53 x 53 inches ; 

Inscribed / signed front: [unknown] ;

Verso: [unknown] ;

SAL category: Genre ; 
SAL sub-category: Orientalia ; 

Archives of American Art subjects:

Description of work:

Provenance:
2016 ( Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China ) ; 
1992 Salmagundi, New York, NY ; 
before 1992 Private collection of Philip Isenberg (1915-1996), New York, NY ; 
ca.1950s David Wu Ject-Key (1890-1968), the artist . 

Exhibition history:
2016 Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, “Modern Asian art”, April 4.

References / citations:
– Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, online auction catalog, “Modern Asian art”, April 4, 2016, lot #5077, illustrated : color.

 

Notes:
DEACCESSIONED April 4, 2016 at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, sold for $96,705 USD as Ladies under the pine, ca.1950s.  Donated by Philip Isenberg to Salmagundi Club in 1992 Salmagundi Club, New York.

Price history:
2016 – $96, 705 USD  [auction] ; 
1992 – [donated] ; 

 

Document information

Document permalink:
http://salmagundi.org/artwork/?p=74090

Digital-born document number:
SAL.2019.74090

Record birth date:
December 26, 2019

Last updated: August 18, 2021 at 1:49 am