Lot 1401
  • 1401

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

Estimate
12,000,000 - 15,000,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899-1983)
  • Sage by the Pine
  • splashed ink and colour on paper, framed
signed YUAN, dated 1982, inscribed, with five seals of the artist, and one collector's seal

Provenance

Previously in the Chai Sian Kwan Collection
Sotheby's Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Paintings, Oct 2007, Lot 242

Exhibited

Hong Kong Arts Centre; National Museum of History, Taiwan , Pao Sui Loong Galleries, Art of Chang Dai-Chien (Zhang Daqian), May 17 to June 24, 1985
Taipei, National Palace Museum, The World of Chang Dai-chien, September 26, 1998 to January 20, 1999
The Vancouver Art Gallery, A Master of the Past, Present, and Future: The First Exhibition of Chang Dai-chien’s Paintings in Canada, November 30, 2000 to January 28, 2001
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, A Master of the Past, Present, and Future: The First Exhibition of Chang Dai-chien’s Paintings in Canada, March 2 to April 22, 2001

Literature

The Paintings and Calligraphy of Chang Dai-Chien, vol. 5, National Museum of History, Taipei, October 1983, pl.61
The Art of Chang Dai-Chien (Zhang Daqian), exhibition cat., Hong Kong Arts Centre, 1985, pl.76
On Zhang Daqian’s Paintings, Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Society, November 1986, p.96
“Chang Dai-chien and Winkle-less Painting”, written by Chuang Shen, published in Essays of the Symposium of Chang Dai-chien's Art, National Museum of History, Taipei, 1988, p.120
Paintings and Calligraphy Works of Zhang Daqian, vol. 1, People’s Fine Arts Publishing House, 1991, pl. 296
Series of Chinese Painting Masters — Zhang Daqian, Artist Publishing, Taipei, August 1998, p.184
The World of Chang Dai-chien, written by Fu Shen, Shi Jr Tang Press Co. Ltd., Taipei, September 1998, pl.121
Centenary Exhibition of Zhang Daqian’s Paintings, exhibition guide, China Times Publishing Co., Taipei, September 20, 1998, p.139
Chang Dai-chien’s Paintings in Canada, National Museum of History, Taipei, November 2000, cat. pl. 54
Appraisal of Chang Dai-chien, written by Ye Zi, Fujian Fine Arts Publishing House, January 2002, p.53
Chinese Famous Painters Collection — Zhang Daqian, Hebei Education Publishing House, December 2002, p.230

Condition

-generally in good condition
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