The Drunken Concubine ink and color on paper, unmounted titled, inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist, dated winter of gengshen year (1980). 關良 (近代,1900-1986) 貴婦醉酒圖 設色紙本 款識:貴妃醉酒圖。庚申(1980)冬番禺關良畫。 鈐印:關良水墨、日軒
Image: 32 1/4 x 55 in., 82 x 140 cm.
Provenance:
Acquired form a relative of the artist (by repute).
Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.