Zheng Zaidong (Cheng Tsai-Tung)

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

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Description

Zheng Zaidong (Cheng Tsai-Tung)
Resting the Tune for the Cool Moon & Lay Down Your World-Weary Staff
each signed in Chinese and dated 2001
acrylic on canvas
Each: 39 3/8 by 31 1/2 in. 100 by 80 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe

Exhibited

Hong Kong, Hanart TZ Gallery, Cheng Tsai-Tung: Collected Songs, 2001, illustrated in color
Paris, Espace Cardin, Paris-Pékin, October, 2002, p. 75, illustrated in color

Literature

Chang Tsong-zung and Eric Wear ed., Zheng Zai-Dong, Taipei, 2002, pp.126-127, illustrated in color

Catalogue Note

Lay Down Your World-Weary Staff (Inscription): Greatly wearied of the world of men, I rein in my spirit and live in deep seclusion; The qin stops as I gaze at the bright moon, the candle goes out as I listen to the wild geese returning.