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FROM AN IMPORTANT SOUTHEAST ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION | 東南亞重要私人收藏

Wu Guanzhong 吳冠中 | Residences by the River 春江水暖鴨先知

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April 21, 10:22 AM GMT

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1,800,000 - 2,800,000 HKD

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FROM AN IMPORTANT SOUTHEAST ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION

Wu Guanzhong (1919 - 2010)

Residences by the River


ink and colour on paper, framed

with three seals of the artist

44.5 x 67.8 cm 17½ x 26⅝ in.

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東南亞重要私人收藏

吳冠中 (1919-2010)

春江水暖鴨先知


設色紙本 鏡框


鈐印:「吳冠中印」、「八十年代」、「荼」。


藏印:「星洲秋齋珍藏」。


著錄:

〈新加坡秋齋藏畫〉卷九(新加坡,新華美術中心,二○一九年),頁213-214


註:「春水微綠,遠山偏青,濕潤的堤岸帶生褐色,彼此間的色彩融洽和諧,都很謙虛,誰也不欺壓誰。白牆黑瓦的江南人家就散落在這寧靜和諧的水鄉裏,顯得分外醒目。」

—吳冠中


一九八○年春,畫家帶領中央工藝美院學生到蘇州寫生,描繪獅子林、留園、拙政園、甪直等景,得稿甚豐,本幅即按此行所得〈水上人家〉速寫演變而成。畫中河岸柳樹成團,枝幹以濃墨寫出,或左右穿插,或弧型斜生,交纏蜿蜒之姿呈現柳枝獨有的韌性,構圖與畫面比例皆步武稿本,惟本幅中枝梢初冒新芽,紅、綠彩點鑲嵌其中,呈現「春風又綠江南岸」之景,毋怪鴨子忙不迭戲水報春!枝葉掩映間,房舍高低錯落,淨牆被屋簷及窗欞的黑塊面包圍,非居要位,仍巧妙地以純白之色反襯春柳之綠,畫面緊湊而層次自生,雖非名園傑構,亦足証畫家搜稿之慧眼矣!


參考資料:〈水上人家〉速寫可參見〈吳冠中全集〉第一卷(湖南美術出版社,二○○七年八月),頁172


44.5 x 67.8 cm 17½ x 26⅝ in.

The Collection of Qiu Zhai from Singapore, vol.IX, Sin Hua Gallery, Singapore, 2019, p. 213-214