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a painting of a group of people riding horses in a fielda painting of a wooden frame with writing on ita person holding a book open on a tablesomeone is holding a book with a picture of a cat on ita person holding a book in their hand on a tablea book open on a table with a picture of a clocktwo black and white photos of a dog laying on a bed
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109 - CHU Teh-Chun (1920–2014)
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Estimate €80,000 - €120,000
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CHU Teh-Chun (1920–2014) Climax, 1992 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right Signed, dated and titled on the reverse 73 x 60 cm Provenance: - CALMELS Solicitors, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, auction of 24 March 1996, Lot 82, reproduced on p. 14 of the catalogue. - French private collection The certificate of authenticity from the Chu Teh-Chun Foundation will be provided to the purchaser. The years 1991–1992 marked a turning point in the artist’s work. In the spring of 1991, Chu Teh-Chun stayed in Venice with the painter Longobardi, where he rediscovered the works of Tintoretto, Titian, Giorgione, Carpaccio, Veronese… The Gulf War inspired him to create a dramatic composition, *Light Beyond the Scourges*, which was exhibited at the first Saint-Germain-en-Laye Arts Biennale on the theme of ‘Apocalypses’. He exhibited at the Galerie Patrice Trigano in Paris, the Galerie du Luxembourg, and the Musée d’Art Contemporain in Dunkirk, where his large-format canvases were displayed alongside sculptures by Féraud. In April–May 1992, Chu Teh-Chun and his wife undertook a long journey to the United States, visiting New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami and the rest of Florida, where they visited numerous museums and foundations, including the Dr Barnes Foundation, which made a particular impression on Chu. He exhibited a series of paintings from the 1960s at the Galerie Arlette Gimaray, the Galerie du Château in Meinier, Geneva, and then at the Galerie Pierre in Taichung, Taiwan. He produced a large lithograph to mark the centenary of the Olympic Games. A major monograph on Chu Teh-Chun by Pierre Cabanne was published by Éditions Cercle d’Art in 1993. He exhibited at the Galerie Régis Dorval in Le Touquet and the Galerie Protée in Toulouse. In December, he stayed in Taipei, where his works were exhibited, as well as in Taichung and Kaohsiung, and took the opportunity during this trip to visit the east coast of Taiwan. Expert: Cabinet Portier Alice Jossaume [email protected] +33 (0)1 48 00 03 41 Please request condition reports, as these are not included in the lot descriptions. Please contact the firm for condition reports.
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About the sale Selected works from the 20th century
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Auction time 10/26/2026 at 2:00 PM
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