Includes the following:
Beihong Jinzuo (Recent Works by Xu Beihong) Volume I, Chung Hwa Books, February 1939 3rd edition. (Three pages signed, each with one seal of the artist.)
Beihong Jinzuo (Recent Works by Xu Beihong) Volume II, Chung Hwa Books, April 1940 1st edition. (Six pages signed, each with one seal of the artist. Cover inscribed and signed by the artist; dedicated to Y.K. Shukla; dated October, thirty-seventh year (of the Republic, 1948).)
Bashiqi Shenxianjuan (The Immortals Attending the Court of the Ultimate), Chung Hwa Books. (Inscribed and signed on the cover by Xu Beihong; dedicated to Y.K. Shukla; dated November, thirty-seventh year (of the Republic, 1948).)
Beihong Huiji (Paintings by Xu Beihong), Chung Hwa Books, April 1932 3rd edition.
Beihong Huaji (Paintings by Xu Beihong) Volume I, Chung Hwa Books, March 1933 2nd edition.
Beihong Huaji (Paintings by Xu Beihong) Volume II, Chung Hwa Books, March 1933 2nd edition.
Beihong Huaji (Paintings by Xu Beihong) Volume III, Chung Hwa Books, June 1937 2nd edition.
Beihong Miaoji (Sketches by Xu Beihong) Volume I, Chung Hwa Books, October 1936 5th edition.
Beihong Miaoji (Sketches by Xu Beihong) Volume II, Chung Hwa Books, October 1936 5th edition.
Beihong Miaoji (Sketches by Xu Beihong) Volume III, Chung Hwa Books, July 1940 5th edition.
Beihong Miaoji (Sketches by Xu Beihong) Volume IV, Chung Hwa Books, July 1940 4th edition.
Beihong Jinzuo (Recent Works by Xu Beihong), Zhengzhong Publishing House, October 1947 1st edition.
Beihong Mohua Xuanji (Selected Ink Paintings by Xu Beihong), People’s Fine Art Publishing House, 1957.
Xu Beihong-Sketches, People’s Fine Art Publishing House, 1958.

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.