Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-Chien, 1899-1983) Self-Portrait

signed DAQIAN JUSHI, dated ji hai, 1959, the fifth lunar month, with a dedication to Kao Ling-mei, two seals of the artist, and two collector's seals of Kao, including one on the titleslip. Titleslip by Kao

Hong Kong, City Hall Art Gallery, Recent Paintings by Chang Da-Chien, 21 April-9 May 1962
Hong Kong Arts Centre, Art of Chang Dai-Chien (Zhang Daqian), May 17 to June 24, 1985
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

Recent Paintings by Chang Da-Chien, exhibition catalogue, City Hall Art Gallery, Hong Kong, April 1962, exhibit no.31
The Art of Chang Dai-Chien (Zhang Daqian), exhibition catalogue, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 1985, exhibit no.20
Research on Zhang Daqian's Paintings, written by Ba Dong, Fine Arts Research Institute, National Taiwan Normal University, May 1987, p.136
The Paintings and Calligraphy of Chang Dai-Chien, vol. 7, National Museum of History, Taipei, May 1990, pl.20
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, 1993, pl.28
The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, Shoto Museum of Art, Japan, 1995, pl.27
A Chang Dai-chien Appears Only Once a Half-Millennium, written by Hwang Tien-tsai, Shi Jh Tang Press Ltd., Taipei, November 1998, p.231

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