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Fu Baoshi, Shitao Shanren Nianpu (Chronology of Shitao), Jinghu Weekly, January 1948. (Inscribed and signed by the author, dated 24 August 1948, dedicated to Y.K. Shukla.)
Wang Qingfang, Jia Xianzhou ed., Tihua Shixuan (Selected Paintings Poems), Diplomatic Monthly. (Inscribed and signed by Wang Qingfang; dedicated to Y.K. Shukla.)
Wen Hengshan Xiaoxiang Bajing Ce (Eight Views of Xiaoxiang Album by Wen Zhengming), Wenming Bookstore, Chung Hwa Bookstore, June 1940 8th edition.
Chen Laolian Guiqulai tujuan (Homecoming Handscroll by Chen Hongshou), Chung Hwa Bookstore, May 1934 2nd edition.
Zhao Zhongmu lin Li Boshi Renma Juan (Li Gonglin’s Horse and Groom Copied by Zhao Mu), Chung Hwa Bookstore.
Shitao Heshang Shanshui Ji (Landscapes Paintings of Shitao), Volume 1, Chung Hwa Bookstore.
Shitao Heshang Shanshui Ji (Landscapes Paintings of Shitao), Volume 2, Chung Hwa Bookstore.
Hua Xinluo Renwu Shanshui Huace (Figures and Landscapes Album by Hua Yan), Chung Hwa Bookstore, May 1940 3rd edition.
Li Futang Huaniao Ce (Flower and Bird Album by Li Shan , Chung Hwa Bookstore, December 1936 3rd edition.
Wu Qiunong Renwu Shanshui Jingpin (Figures and Landscape Masterpieces by Wu Qiunong), Chung Hwa Bookstore.
Tianxi Shuwu Canghua (Paintings Collection of Tianxi Shuwu), Chunghwa Bookstore.
Qing Ershijia Huamei Jice (Collection of Plum Paintings by Twenty Qing Masters), Chung Hwa Bookstore, June 1937 2nd edition.
Ming Zhang Tieqiao Huama Juan (Horses Handscroll by Zhang Mu), Shenzhou Guoguang She, 20 February 1921.
Yun Benchu Shanshui Ce (Landscape Album by Yun Xiang), Shenzhou Guoguang She, September 1931.
Gai Qixiang Bujing Meirentu (Ladies Album by Gai Qi), Shenzhou Guoguang She, 20 April 1910.
Fei Xiaolou Bujing Meirentu (Ladies Album by Fei Danxu , Shenzhou Guoguang She, 15 May 1909.
Shen Shitian Shanshui Ce (Landscape Album by Shen Zhou), Shenzhou Guoguangshe, 15 August 1911.
Wang Xiaomei Baimei Huapu (Hundred Beauties by Wang Xiaomei) 2 Volumes, Shanghai World Bookstore.
Mingren Xie Zhu (Bamboo by Famous People), The Commercial Press, March 1939 2nd edition.
Ming Qing Shanshui Huafu (Landscape Paintings of the Ming and Qing), Yizhou Shuhua Hui, March 1936 1st edition.
Chihong Meipu (Plum Paintings by Chihong), Beijing Qingmige Chunjingge, April 1932.
Zhu Shi Huafan (Sample Bamboo and Rocks Painting) Vol. I, Shanghai Yiyuan Zhenshangshe.
Gugong Xinpian (Postcards of Palace Museum) Volume IV, May 1934.
The Chinese Buddhist Association ed., Statues & Pictures of Gautama Buddha, The Nationalities Publishing House, 1956.
Shengjitu (Footprints of the Sage Confucius).
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Mr Y.K. Shukla was born in 1907 in Porbander, Gujarat, India and studied drawing and painting in Bombay. He received the Meyo Medal, the highest award for an art student in India; then, in 1934, he moved to Italy to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, where he graduated with honours in 1939.
In 1947, Shukla won a scholarship from the Indian government to study Chinese painting at the National Institute of Fine Arts in Beijing. Whilst in Beijing, he studied under the internationally celebrated artist Xu Beihong got to know several Chinese artists, and visited private collections of Chinese paintings owned by collectors and artists. Shukla became close friends with Qi Baishi Xu Beihong and other Chinese artists of the 20th century. With their advice, Shukla assembled a fine collection of modern Chinese paintings, including the current lot. Christie's is honoured to present the family collection of Mr Shukla, including several calligraphy, paintings, letters, photos of the artist, and art books signed by many painters and scholars during his time in China. Most of the collections were acquired directly from the artists as gifts, showing the deep friendship between Mr Shukla and the artists. Through their interaction, the collection depicts the historical context of artistic exchanges between China and India in the first half of the 20th century.