Lot 602
  • 602

Gu Luo (1763-After 1837)

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Gu Luo
  • PAINTING A PORTRAIT OF YANG GUIFEI
  • ink and color on paper, fan leaf
signed Ximei jushi Gu Luo, with two seals of the artist, xi mei, gu luo zhi yin

Provenance

Kaikodo Journal, Spring 1997, cat. 19, pp. 94-95, 230

Exhibited

1. Journeys on Paper and Silk: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, February 28-April 19, 1998
2. Lyrical Traditions: Four Centuries of Chinese Paintings from the Papp Collection, The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, June 22-October 7, 2007
3. Hidden Meanings of Love and Death in Chinese Painting: Selections from the Marilyn and Roy Papp Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, April 27-September 2, 2013

Literature

1. Journeys on Paper and Silk: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, 1998, cat. 47, p. 154
2. Marion S. Lee, "Pleasure and Pain", in Claudia Brown (Ed.), Myriad Points of View, Arizona State University, Phoebus 9, 2006, fig. 3, p. 151
3. Hidden Meanings of Love and Death in Chinese Painting: Selections from the Marilyn and Roy Papp Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, 2013, cat. 12, pp. 34-35, 87

Condition

- Overall in good condition except minor dirt and folding marks from previous mounting.
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