Lot 21
  • 21

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

Estimate
1,000,000 - 1,500,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899-1983)
  • HAMLET BY THE SHORE
  • ink on paper, fan leaf, framed, 1949
with two seals of the artist

Inscription:
There is a rushing beach every ten li, and a bay every five li; Enchanting are the tresses of mist arraying on all sides. Steering the boat I keep blaming myself for lying idle all year round, Having done nothing but pushed aside the matting to admire the lovely mountains. Fifth lunar month of the jichou year, Daichien Chang Yuan.

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

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. 87
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. 63
The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, Shoto Museum of Art,
Japan, 1995, pl. 85

Condition

- Generally in good condition.
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