Yun Gee / Zhu Yuanzhi (1906-1963) Purpuricenus kaehleri sur une branche et cinq grenouilles circa 1927-1930 Huile sur carton signé en haut à droite 46 x 30 cm Provenance : > Collection privée, France “When I visited the Louvre day after day, the masterpieces there spoke to me in a language which was neither French or Chinese but which transcended both time and place. Here was something universal which had meaning for every man regardless of race or station. A painting by Cézanne or Courbet became as close to me as any of the scrolls by the Chinese masters with which I was so familiar. And I realized then that East and West were not so far apart, for in their finest creative effort, there was something very much akin. I settled down in Paris to achieve this aim” Yun Gee New York, Septembre 1944