Lot 20
  • 20

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

Estimate
1,200,000 - 1,800,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899-1983)
  • BOATING ON A LAKE
  • ink and colour on paper, fan leaf, framed, 1949
with two seals of the artist

Inscription:
The nebulous mist shimmering with faint light seems to be weighing down the eyebrows; The mountains in a mantle of clouds touch the sky low on the horizon. Once here, there’s no need to oar back the boat; It is absolutely superior to the Shan River visited by Wang (Zi) you. Painted and inscribed in spring of the jichou year, Da-chien Jushi Yuan at Dafeng Tang.

Exhibited

Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Art Gallery, The Mei Yun Tang
Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 17 April-23 May 1993
Japan, Tokyo, Shoto Museum of Art, The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 5 April-21 May 1995
Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 28 February-27 April 1997

Literature

Chinese Paintings with the Original Paintings & Discourses on Chinese Art By Professor Chang Dai-chien, edited by Kao Ling-mei, East Art Co., Hong Kong, February 1961, p. 59
The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, edited by Kao Mayching, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 84
The Paintings of Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien): Unity of Tradition and Modernity”,
written by Kao Mayching, published in Arts of Asia, May-June 1994, p. 62
The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, Shoto Museum of Art,
Japan, 1995, pl. 82
On Chang Dai-chien’s Paintings”, written by Wang Miaozi, published in Teachers and
Friends in the Art Circle, Tung Tai Book Company, Taipei, February 1998, p. 122

Condition

- Light foxy could be found at the right section of the painting, otherwise, generally in good condition.
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