Product：Changyu made pink chrysanthemums in the basket in 1931

NO：0123

Starting Price：HKD 60,000,000

Transaction Price：HKD 138,000,000

Specification：92×60cm

Auction Time：23-Jul-Thu

Auction Company：Hong Kong Christie

Pink Chrysanthemum in the Basket "is a classic example of the most outstanding style and spatial management in the theme of Changyu flowers. Chang Yu successfully created a poetic and elegant atmosphere rich in Eastern artistic conception using Western media through the combination of concise colors and clever ideas that interweave reality and emptiness. Regardless of its unique spatial layout or detailed depiction, 'Pink Chrysanthemum in the Basket' stands out among Chang Yu's numerous floral works, symbolizing the artist's deep understanding of Chinese tradition and Western painting.
 

In the 1930s, Chang Yu ushered in the first golden period of his artistic career. At this time, the composition of his works was simple, with low chromaticity pink, white, black, and gray as the main colors. The clever spatial white treatment made his works full of poetry. The beauty of Chinese poetry lies in simplifying the text and creating a space for imagination, extending from "meaning cannot reach the word" to "meaning cannot reach the pen", demonstrating the aesthetic idea that poetry and painting have been homologous since ancient times. Chang Yu used this to express the traditional ethereal charm, whose temperament was completely invisible in the works of the same period's Martins and Picasso, and was also something that Western art concepts had never discussed. This painting, "Pink Chrysanthemum in the Basket," was created in 1931, and is a classic representative of this period. The white outline lines stand out in a stunning shape against a pitch black background. The most outstanding freehand brushwork technique is the simplification of white space and the use of virtual reality, giving the painting a lyrical and distant atmosphere.