Friday, April 28, 2017

Yun Gee in 20th Century Chinese Art, 2006

Christie’s, Hong Kong
November 26, 2006























CATALOG
pages 24 to 33
essay about Yun Gee
photograph of Yun Gee
Head of Man in Cap (1927; reference only)
My Conception of Christ (1926)
Confucius (1929; reference only)
The Flute Player (1928; reference only)
Princess Achille Murat (1929; cover art)
Biography

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Friday, April 21, 2017

Yun Gee: A Modernist Painter

Marlborough Gallery
October 19 – November 19, 2005























CATALOG

photograph of Yun Gee

Yun Gee, an International Modernist
essay by Ilene Susan Fort

Untitled (Nude Reclining; circa 1925)
Sun Bathers (1932)
Modern Apartment (1932)
Merry-Go-Round (1932)
Head of a Man (1927)
Female Portrait (1927)
Untitled (The Traditional Family; circa 1940)
Untitled (Two Flowers in Tall Grass; circa 1940)
Untitled (Two Large Flowers on Branches; circa 1940)
Untitled (Landscape in Chinese Style; no date)
Edouard Champion (circa 1936)
Untitled (Man Dancing with Sword; circa 1930)
Untitled (Dancing Figure; circa 1930)
Untitled (Standing Female Nude; 1932)
Untitled (Man with Hat; 1926)
Untitled (Abstract Nude; circa 1926)
Head in Profile and Figure (1926)
Self-Portrait (circa 1926–1927)
Untitled (Flowers on Long Stems; circa 1940)
Untitled (Landscape; 1927)
Untitled (Five Flowers on Branches; circa 1940)
Untitled (One Flower on Branches; circa 1940)
Untitled (Four Flowers in Tall Grass; circa 1940)
Untitled (Two Flowers and Big Leaves on Branches; circa 1940)
Color as History of the Atmosphere: Rotation of the Day (no date)
Color Theory (no date)
Geometrical Theory (no date)
Tri-King 4-D Chess (circa 1950)
Untitled (Harry’s Coffee) (circa 1930)
Untitled (Standing Female Nude; 1926)
Untitled (Male Figure Study; 1925)

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Friday, April 14, 2017

Yun Gee in 20th Century Chinese Art, 2002

Christie’s, Hong Kong
April 28, 2002






















Yun Gee, cover art detail of Old Broadway in Winter (1943–1944)
At auction November 30, 2008
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Friday, April 7, 2017

Yun Gee’s Tri-King 4-D Chess and Checkers





























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Chess, panel 1

Chess, panel 2


















Chess, panel 3


















Chess, panel 4


















Chess, panel 5


















Chess, panel 6


















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Checkers, panel 1



















Checkers, panel 2


















Checkers, panel 3


















Checkers, panel 4


















Checkers, panel 5


















Checkers, panel 6


















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TV Appearance

Publicity, page 1

Publicity, page 2

Publicity, page 3

Publicity, page 4

Publicity, page 5

Publicity, page 6

Publicity, page 7

Publicity, page 8
Advertisement in a 1954 issue
of Arts Magazine












































































































































































Further Reading
Board Game Geek
Yun Gee and the Tri-King Checker and Chess Board
Patent
Tri-King Chess/Checkers (1954)
Yun Gee on eBay


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Friday, March 31, 2017

Helen’s World of Yun Gee

Sotheby’s, Taipei
October 17, 1999























CONTENTS
Preface (in Chinese and English) pages 8–11
Introduction (in Chinese and English) by Helen Gee with photographs, pages 12–40
Helen’s World of Yun Gee (39 lots), pages 43–93

Dragon (1934; ink and watercolor on paper)
Nudes on Horseback (1939; ink and watercolor on paper)
Harmony (1939; ink and watercolor on paper)
Buddha (circa 1929; ink on paper)
Paradise (between 1937 and 1939; ink on paper)
Landscape with Fisherman and Ox (circa 1930; ink and watercolor on paper)
Nude at Window (between 1937 and 1939; ink and watercolor on paper)
Nudes and Horse (between 1937 and 1939; ink and watercolor on paper)
Cowboy (1926; oil on canvas)
Girl on Bridge (1926; oil on board)
Telegraph Hill (1926; oil on board)
California Landscape (1926; oil on board)
Portrait of Gottardo Piazzoni (1927; oil on board)
Musician with the Er-hu (1927; oil on canvas)
The Flute Player (Self Portrait; 1928; oil on canvas)
Meditation (Portrait of Helen; 1935; oil on silk mounted on board)
Seated Nude (1926; oil on board)
Pantheon and Workmen (1927; oil on board)
San Francisco Street Scene (1926; oil on paper mounted on canvas)
Rooftops (1926; oil on canvas)
San Francisco Chinatown (1927; oil on canvas)
Lower Manhattan (circa 1931; oil on wood panel)
Paule Painting (Princess Paule de Reuss; 1929; oil on board)
From My Studio Window (1928; oil on wood panel)
Notre Dame (1928; oil on canvas)
Victor Hugo’s House (1928; oil on canvas)
Helen at Sixteen (1936; oil on silk mounted on board)
Portrait of Dorr Bothwell (1926; oil on canvas)
Model with Cigarette (circa 1933; oil on silk mounted on board)
Couple Walking (1932; wood sculpture)
Resurrection (1930; ink on paper)
Landscape with Pine Tree (circa 1932; ink on paper)
Landscape (circa 1932; ink and watercolor on paper)
Cafe (1930; pencil on paper)
Strolling the Mynah (between 1937 and 1939; ink and watercolor on paper)
Two Nudes (between 1937 and 1939; ink and watercolor on paper)
Nude in Armchair (between 1937 and 1939; ink and watercolor on paper)
After the Bath (circa 1932; ink and watercolor on paper)
Snorting Dragon (1932; ink and watercolor on paper) 


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Friday, March 24, 2017

Yun Gee in 20th Century Chinese Art, 1999

Christie’s, Taiwan
April 18, 1999

CATALOG
Yun Gee on pages 38 to 41






















The Knights (1939; aka Knight’s Combat)
Brief essay illustrated with preliminary sketch, Nudes on Horseback (1939), for The Knights, Edvard Munch’s Scream, Paul Cezanne’s Love’s Battlefield, and Pablo Picasso’s Invoke.


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