Catalogue Raisonné
SANYU
His Life and Complete Works in Oil
Volumes One & Two
Author: Rita Wong
Graphic design: Glenn Suokko
Publisher: Hatje Cantz, Berlin
Printed in: Italy
Languages: English, Chinese, and French editions
Volume One: 2024 · Hatje Cantz · Hardcover · 33 × 27 cm · 248 pages · 300 illustrations
Volume Two: 2024 · Hatje Cantz · Hardcover · 33 × 27 cm · 600 pages · 321 paintings illustrated
The definitive catalogue raisonné of Sanyu’s complete oil paintings, paired with the first full biography. Volume One traces the artist’s life—born in China, formed in Paris, for a long time underestimated in both. Volume Two documents every known oil painting. I designed both volumes to carry a complex trilingual structure—English, French, and Chinese—within a rigorous, consistent typographic grid, and oversaw production through printing in Italy.
