The Mei Yun Tang Collection Of Paintings By Chang Dai-chien — From Heritage to Breakthrough

The Mei Yun Tang Collection Of Paintings By Chang Dai-chien — From Heritage to Breakthrough

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梅雲堂藏張大千畫 — 不負古人告後人︳The Mei Yun Tang Collection Of Paintings By Chang Dai-chien — From Heritage to Breakthrough

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

張大千 烏猿 | Zhang Daqian, Black Gibbon

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December 9, 10:09 AM GMT

Estimate

1,200,000 - 2,400,000 HKD

Lot Details

Description

張大千 (1899-1983)

烏猿

設色紙本 立軸 一九六〇年作


高嶺梅署簽 


簽書:烏猿。大千八哥作。嶺梅藏。 


款識: 

此予星洲所得,養之摩詰山園三年矣。馴擾如小兒女,暇輒寫之,頗能狀其憨跳之態。庚子元月,爰翁。 


鈐印:「大千父」。 

藏印:「嶺梅珍藏」、「高」(鈐於簽條)。


70 x 47.5 cm. 27⅝ x 18¾ in.


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

Black Gibbon


ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, 1960

with one seal of the artist, and two collector’s seals, including one on titleslip. Titleslip by Kao Ling-mei


Inscription:

I got this gibbon in Singapore and have kept it in the Mogi Garden for three years. It is as tame and interfering as a kid. I painted it in my leisure time and was quite able to depict its mischief and restlessness. First lunar month of the gengzi year, Old Man Yuan.


70 x 47.5 cm. 27⅝ x 18¾ in.

〈張大千近作展〉(香港,大會堂美術博物館,一九六二年四月),目錄編號39

〈張大千畫展〉(香港,東方藝術公司,一九六三年三月),新加坡展品目錄編號48

〈張大千畫展〉(香港,東方藝術公司,一九六三年六月),吉隆坡展品目錄編號48

〈張大千畫展〉(香港,東方藝術公司,一九六三年十一月),怡保展品目錄編號48

〈張大千畫展〉(香港,東方藝術公司,一九六三年十二月),檳城展品目錄編號48

〈張大千畫展〉(香港,東方藝術公司,一九六四年九月),曼谷展品目錄編號48

〈張大千畫展〉(香港,東方藝術公司,一九六五年二月),合艾展品目錄編號48

〈張大千畫集〉(東方學會,一九六七年一月),頁83

〈梅雲堂藏張大千畫〉目錄,高美慶編(香港,香港中文大學文物館,一九九三年四月),圖版68

〈香港梅雲堂所藏張大千之繪畫〉目錄(東京,澀谷區立松濤美術館,一九九五年),圖版66


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Exhibition of Recent Works by Zhang Daqian, exhibition catalogue, Exhibition Gallery of the City Hall, Hong Kong, April 1962, no. 39

Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, exhibition catalogue, East Art Co., Hong Kong, March 1963, Singapore exhibit no. 48

Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, exhibition catalogue, East Art Co., Hong Kong, June 1963, Kuala Lumpur exhibit no. 48

Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, exhibition catalogue, East Art Co., Hong Kong, November 1963, Ipoh exhibit no. 48

Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, exhibition catalogue, East Art Co., Hong Kong, December 1963, Penang exhibit no. 48

Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, exhibition catalogue, East Art Co., Hong Kong, September 1964, Bangkok exhibit no. 48

Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, exhibition catalogue, East Art Co., Hong Kong, February 1965, Haadyai exhibit no. 48

The Painting Collection of Zhang Daqian, The East Society, January 1967, p. 83

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, April 1993, pl. 68

The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, Shoto Museum of Art, Japan, 1995, pl. 66

香港,大會堂美術博物館,〈張大千近作展〉,一九六二年四月廿一日至五月九日

新加坡,維多利亞紀念堂,〈張大千畫展〉,一九六三年三月十二日至十七日

馬來亞,吉隆坡,語文局,〈張大千畫展〉,一九六三年六月二十四日至七月二日

馬來亞,怡保,古岡州公會,〈張大千畫展〉,一九六三年十一月九日至十六日

馬來亞,檳城,檳城博物院,〈張大千畫展〉,一九六三年十二月二十日至一九六四年一月二日

泰國,曼谷,介壽堂及京華銀行,〈張大千畫展〉,一九六四年九月十二日至二十五日

泰國,合艾,客屬會館,〈張大千畫展〉,一九六五年二月二日至八日

香港,香港中文大學文物館,〈梅雲堂藏張大千畫〉,一九九三年四月十七日至五月二十三日

日本,東京,澀谷區立松濤美術館,〈香港·梅雲堂所藏張大千之繪畫〉,一九九五年四月五日至五月二十一日

新加坡,新加坡美術館,〈梅雲堂藏張大千畫〉,一九九七年二月二十八日至四月二十七日


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Hong Kong, City Hall Art Gallery, Recent Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 21 April-9 May 1962

Singapore, Victoria Memorial Hall, Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 12-17 March 1963

Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka, Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 24 June-2 July 1963

Malaya, Ipoh, Ku Kong Chow Kung Wai, Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 9-16 November 1963

Malaya, Penang, Penang Museum, Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 20 December 1963 – 2 January 1964

Thailand, Bangkok, Kai Shou Hall & Metropolitan Bank, Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 12-25 September 1964

Thailand, Haadyai, Hakkas Association Auditorium, Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 2-8 February 1965

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

註:張大千畢生愛猿,更有為「轉世黑猿」之傳說,故取猿之古寫「蝯」為名,復改「爰」。日後縱使多次移家,仍有豢養作伴,一度蓄有十餘隻,如入圖者,即由畫家自星洲遠攜至巴西摩詰山園,並視之「小兒女」,足見愛猿之深。


大千歷來好引猿入畫,早期多取法前賢,仿擬易元吉、牧谿等,後期有賴實際飼養經驗,與猿朝夕相處,深諳其形態、習性,自能狀物取神。畫中烏猿通體烏黑,毛髮綿密,攀附於樹幹,一臂長伸抓握分枝,應為長臂猿。臉上白毛圍繞,雙目烱然有神,遠視前方,盡見其「憨跳之態」!