Lot 1092
  • 1092

Wu Guanzhong B.1919

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Description

  • Wu Guanzhong
  • ALONG THE YANGTZE RIVER
  • ink and colour on paper, handscroll
signed WU GUANZHONG, dated 1990, summer, and with six seals of the artist. Titleslip and frontispiece by the artist himself

Provenance

From the collection of the artist

Literature

Han Mo 22, Special Study on Authentication of Wu Guanzhong's Paintings, Han Mo Xuan Publishing Co. Ltd., Hong Kong, November 1991, p. 14-35
The Complete Works of Wu Guanzhong, vol. 6, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, August 2007, p. 332-341

Condition

- Generally in very good condition. - Actual colours of the painting is slightly brighter and more vivid than that of the illustration. - The very last part of the scroll was not shown in the catalogue, which Wu Guanzhong's seal "Tu" was cropped. Full image can be seen in the online illustration. The same seal can also be seen under the preface title.
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Catalogue Note

( The proceeds of this lot will be donated to establish the Wu Guanzhong Scholarship of Science and Art Innovation at Tsinghua University, Beijing )