Lot 2763
  • 2763

Tao Lengyue

Estimate
120,000 - 150,000 HKD
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Description

  • Tao Lengyue
  • Zhuangzi Dreaming of Butterfly
  • ink on paper, framed
signed TAO LENGYUE, dated 1945, inscribed, and with four seals of the artist

Provenance

Previously in the collection of the artist's wife Xue Changwen
Sotheby's Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Paintings, Apr 2001, Lot 142

Exhibited

The Shanghai Research Institute of Culture and History, Paintings Exhibition of Tao Lengyue, June 1984
The Suzhou Museum, Paintings Exhibition of Tao Lengyue, July 1984
Shanghai, Pacific Hotel, Masterpieces of Tao Lengyue, March 22 to 30, 1997

Literature

Lengyue’s Annotation on His Paintings: Horizontal Scrolls, vol. 4p.22 (artist’s manuscript)
Twentieth Century Chinese Artists Series—Tao Lengyue, Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House, December 2000, p.74
Chinese Famous Painters Collection — Tao Lengyue, by Lang Shaojun, Hebei Education Publishing House, 2003, p.111
Tao Lengyue I, Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House, 2005, p.29
Chronicle of Tao Lengyue II, edited by Tao Weiyan, Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House, March 2013, p.678, Lengyue’s Annotation on His Paintings, serial number 14221
Paintings by Tao Lengyue, Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House, January 2015, p.150

Condition

-Creases and light foxing can be found on the middle-left of the painting, which can be improved by restoration. Otherwise, generally in good condition.
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