Lot 1336
  • 1336

Ding Yanyong (1902-1978)

Estimate
1,600,000 - 2,200,000 HKD
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Description

  • Ding Yanyong
  • CRANE IN THE WAIT FOR FLIGHT
  • ink on paper, hanging scroll
signed DING YANYONG, dated bing chen, 1976, spring, inscribed, and with two seals of the artist

Provenance

Previously from the collection of the artist's family
Sotheby's Hong Kong, Special Sale of Paintings and Calligraphy by Ding Yanyong - The Great Master, November 1998, Lot 10

Exhibited

Japan, XVI Annual Exhibition of the Nanga Society,1976
Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Arts Centre, A Retrospective Exhibition of the Works of Ting Yen-yung, June 1979

Literature

Poetry, Calligraphy, Paintings and Seal Carvings of Ding Yanyong, Nihon Shunju shodo in, Japan, March 1976, pl.14
Catalogue of A Retrospective Exhibition of the Works of Ting Yen-yung, The Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 1979, pl.21
Aesthetic Images of Ding Yanyong’s Paintings, Taipei, National Museum of History, August 2003, pl.251

Condition

-Light water stain could be found at the left border of the painting, which could be removed by restoration. Otherwise, generally in good condition.
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