- 1365
于非闇 雙鴿 | 設色紙本 鏡框 一九四八年作
Estimate
1,000,000 - 1,500,000 HKD
Log in to view results
Bidding Closed
Description
- Yu Fei'an
- 設色紙本 鏡框 一九四八年作
- ink and colour on paper, framed
- 40.4 by 60 cm. 15 7/8 by 23 5/8 in.
款識：予好養鴿，三十年中得百數十餘頭，皆名種也，曾為文續〈鵓鴿譜〉之後。戊子自冬至月圍城，迄今未解，因寫墨環、玉翅二隻。戊子祀竈日。非闇。樹堃老弟新春之喜。己丑春，于照贈。鈐印：「于照私印」、「非闇六十後作」、「非闇」、「我思古人」。
Provenance
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Paintings, April 2007, Lot 1121
Exhibited
EXHIBITED & ILLUSTRATED
Modern Chinese Artists – Yu Fei’an, volume II, Tianjin People’s Fine Arts Publishing House, March 2005, p.4
Hong Kong, Sotheby’s, Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy from 20th Century Masters: The Goldbell Collection, October 2-6, 2015, and illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, pl.3
Modern Chinese Artists – Yu Fei’an, volume II, Tianjin People’s Fine Arts Publishing House, March 2005, p.4
Hong Kong, Sotheby’s, Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy from 20th Century Masters: The Goldbell Collection, October 2-6, 2015, and illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, pl.3
Catalogue Note
This painting is dedicated to Liu Shukun, a famous Beijing doctor and well-connected collector within painting circles. He was Qi Baishi’s neighbour and a friend of Yu Fei’an’s, who created this painting for him, and collected many of Yu’s outstanding works.
Yu Fei’an was well-versed in the classical elegant arts, especially that of raising pigeons. His Doumen huange ji (Notes on Raising Pigeons Written at the City Gate) was published in 1928 and later translated into English. Here, he vividly captured the poses and eyes of two rare specimens, Mohuan (Ink Bracelet) and Yuchi (Jade Wings). Using ink and shell-white he rendered the striking contrast of their black and white feathers, capturing their subtle sheen.
In the inscription on the left, Yu Fei’an dates the painting on 10th January, 1949, and notes that he created this work to relieve himself of boredom during a two-month siege of Beijing by the Communists. Yu’s second inscription dedicates the painting to his old friend Liu Shukun in celebration of the Chinese New Year. Beijing was finally taken by the Communists on 31th January, or the third day of the first lunar month. The few weeks between Yu Fei’an’s completion of the painting and his giving it to Liu serve as witnesses to a pivotal moment in Chinese history.
Yu Fei’an was well-versed in the classical elegant arts, especially that of raising pigeons. His Doumen huange ji (Notes on Raising Pigeons Written at the City Gate) was published in 1928 and later translated into English. Here, he vividly captured the poses and eyes of two rare specimens, Mohuan (Ink Bracelet) and Yuchi (Jade Wings). Using ink and shell-white he rendered the striking contrast of their black and white feathers, capturing their subtle sheen.
In the inscription on the left, Yu Fei’an dates the painting on 10th January, 1949, and notes that he created this work to relieve himself of boredom during a two-month siege of Beijing by the Communists. Yu’s second inscription dedicates the painting to his old friend Liu Shukun in celebration of the Chinese New Year. Beijing was finally taken by the Communists on 31th January, or the third day of the first lunar month. The few weeks between Yu Fei’an’s completion of the painting and his giving it to Liu serve as witnesses to a pivotal moment in Chinese history.