沙耆 假想天堂 油彩畫布 一九九五年作

款識：
沙耆 九五 十一（左下）

台北敦煌藝術中心
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This work is in very good condition. There is evidence of very light craquelure 20 cm from the right and 5 cm from the bottom edge of the work, only visible under very close examination. There is no evidence of restoration under UV.
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註：畫背貼有台北敦煌藝術中心標籤

「沙耆作品的藝術價值，他洋溢的天才，他在藝術創作中表現出來的頑強和超凡的氣質，受到了人們一致的好評和器重。這位繪畫高手採用的手法，構圖確切，色彩典雅，不拘一格而且充滿了意想不到的和諧，有一種近乎魔術般的流暢厖其風格樸實、勻稱，給人以罕見的真實感。這些絲毫不帶做作而造詣極深的作品，不會不令真正的行家傾心陶醉。」

雷利（Stephane Rey）《沙耆畫展》序，1945年，載於孫天行《為民族而藝術 ——記著名油畫家沙耆》