Lot 1183
  • 1183

Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899-1983)

Estimate
15,000,000 - 20,000,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899-1983)
  • GUAN YIN
  • ink on silk, hanging scroll
signed DAQIAN JUSHI, dated ren wu, 1942, the eighth lunar month, inscribed, with a dedication, three seals of the artist, and one collector's seal. Titleslip by the artist himself

Exhibited

USA, Stanford University Art Gallery, San Francisco, Paintings:Chang Ta-ch'ien, July 22- August 13, 1967, exhibit no.3San Francisco, de Young Museum, Chang Dai-chien: ARetrospective Exhibition, November 16 to December 17, 1972Travelling Exhibitions at Shanghai, Beijing, and Taipei, ImportantChinese Paintings From the Robert Chang Collection, June toDecember 2002Taipei, National Museum of History, Chang Dai-Chien MemorialPaintings and Calligraphy Exhibition, April 10 to June 14, 2009

Literature

Paintings: Chang Ta-ch'ien, Stanford University Art Gallery, SanFrancisco, July 1965, pl.10Chang Dai-chien: A Retrospective Exhibition, San Francisco, deYoung Museum, 1972, exhibition catalogue, pl.18Research on Zhang Daqian's Paintings, written by Ba Dong, FineArts Research Institute, National Taiwan Normal University, May1987, p.136, pl.44Chang Dai-chien's Paintings from the Collection of MadameChang Hsu Wen-po, Sotheby's Hong Kong, October 2000, Lot176Important Chinese Paintings From the Robert Chang Collection -Works by Qi Baishi, Sotheby's Hong Kong, June 2002, pl.155Chang Dai-Chien Memorial Paintings and Calligraphy Exhibition,Taipei, National Museum of History, April 2009, p.85

Condition

- Generally in good condition.
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