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

signed SHUJUN ZHANG YUAN, dated 1953, titled, and inscribed, Later inscribed again, signed DAQIAN JUSHI, and with a total of three seals of the artist

Previously in the Chai Sian Kwan Collection
Sotheby's Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Paintings, Oct 2001, Lot 100

France, Paris, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Tchang Ta Ts'ien, June to July, 1956

Exhibition of Tchang Ta Ts'ien, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France, 1956, exhibition catalogue, exhibit no.3
Sotheby's Thirty Years in Hong Kong, Sotheby's Hong Kong, September, 2003, pl.47

-Light stain and very light fold lines could be found at the middle section of the upper part of the painting, otherwise, generally in good condition.
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