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8295
LÜ SHOUKUN
(LUI SHOW-KWAN, 1919-1975)
Untitled (Painting No. 12), 1964
Ink and color on paper, mounted, framed
and glazed, dated jiachen zhong chun (1964,
mid-spring) and signed Lü Shoukun with two
artist’s seals reading Lü and Shoukun.
37 x 11 3/4in (94 x 29.9cm) sight

$7,000 - 9,000

無 (Painting No. 12) 鏡框
一九六四年作

Provenance
Acquired through the Vincent Price Collection,
and thereafter by descent

The well-known Hollywood, stage, and radio
actor Vincent Price (1911-1993) held a degree
in art history from Yale University. A noted art
lover and collector, Price aimed to present the
American public with fine art at reasonable
prices. Beginning in the early 1960s, Price
worked as an art consultant with Sears,
Roebuck and Company, making available at
selected Sears retail stores original works of
art and prints under the name “The Vincent
Price collection.”
In Vincent Price: A Daughter’s Biography,
Price’s daughter Victoria Price recounts
how her parents traveled around the world,
including to Hong Kong, from 1962 to 1966
to purchase art for sale at Sears. The current
lot, as well as the following lot, both include
labels from the VINCENT PRICE collection,
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. Both paintings
were likely acquired by the Prices during one
of their trips, when contemporary artists would
submit their works for consideration.

8295 8296 8296
LÜ SHOUKUN
(LUI SHOW-KWAN, 1919-1975)
Untitled (Flower D), 1964
Ink and color on paper, mounted, framed
and glazed, dated jiachen zhong chun (1964,
mid-spring), signed Lü Shoukun with two
artist’s seals, one a pictorial seal and the other
reading Lü.
37 x 11 3/4in (94 x 29.9cm) sight

$9,000 - 12,000

無 (Flower D) 鏡框 一九
六四年作

Provenance
Acquired through the Vincent Price Collection,
and thereafter by descent

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