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Qi Baishi
Qi Baishi, Six Shrimps | 齊白石 六蝦圖
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October 9, 07:30 AM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 800,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
Qi Baishi (1864 - 1957)
Six Shrimps
ink on paper, hanging scroll
signed, dated 1948, with a dedication and 1 seal of the artist. Titleslip by Zeng Shaojie
Titleslip:
Qi Baishi "Six Shrimps". Shaojie inscribed at mid-Autumn festival of guimao year.
Inscription:
Dedicated to Baoshen. Summer of wuzi. Baishi at eighty-eight years old.
102 x 32.2 cm 40⅛ x 12⅝ in.
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齊白石 (1864-1957)
六蝦圖
水墨紙本 立軸 一九四八年作
曾紹杰署簽
簽書：齊白石六蝦圖。癸卯中秋。紹杰署。
款識：
保身先生清屬。戊子夏，八十八歲白石。
鈐印：「白石翁」。
上款：「保身」或為李保身，民國年間收藏家，河北保定人。嗜白石畫，數見「祁州李保身藏」印鈐於齊氏作品。
註：齊白石寫蝦靈動傳神，得自在潛游之真趣，惟常見者多順勢而行。本幅六隻墨蝦，妙在底部兩蝦對峙，鬚鉗糾繞，頓生張力，成全畫焦點。
102 x 32.2 cm 40⅛ x 12⅝ in.
Collection of famous collector Wang Fangyu (1913-1997), 1940s to 1988.
L.J. Wender, 13 February 1988.
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來源： 著名書畫收藏家王方宇（1913-1997）收藏，1940s-1988
紐約文良畫廊，1988年2月13日
Ch’I Pai-Shih’s Paintings, by Kai-Yu Hsu and Fang-Yu Wang, Art Book Co., Taipei, May 1979, pl.44
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著錄：
〈看齊白石畫〉，王方宇、許芥昱著（臺北，藝術圖書公司，一九七九年五月），圖版44
Qi Baishi captured the detailed and vivid movements of shrimps in his works, as if they were swimming freely in the seemingly invisible water. The power struggle of the two shrimps at the very bottom, was however not commonly conveyed in most of his other paintings of shrimps. The pair was facing each other with their antennas and pincers entangled, filling the work with dramatic tension.
The work is dedicated to “Baoshen”. It is suggested that “Baoshen” is Li Baoshen, a native Hebei collector active during the Republican of China era. His affection for Qi Baishi’s artistry is evident where his collector seals are occasionally seen on Qi’s paintings.