Lot 542
  • 542

Sheng Maoye (Active 1607-1637)

Estimate
25,000 - 45,000 USD
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Description

  • Sheng Maoye
  • LANDSCAPE
  • ink and color on paper, fan leaf
signed Sheng Maoye, dated bingyin (1626), the twelfth lunar month, with one seal of the artist, yu hua

Exhibited

1. Scent of Ink: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, September 2-October 9, 1994; The Chrysler Museum, Virginia, November 13, 1994-January 8, 1995; Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, September 9-November 11, 1995; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, December 15, 1995-February 18, 1996; China Institute, New York, February 4-June 10, 1998
2. Le Parfum de l'encre: Peintures Chinoises de la Collection Roy et Marilyn Papp, Musée Cernuschi, September 23-December 30, 1999
3. Lyrical Traditions: Four Centuries of Chinese Paintings from the Papp Collection, The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, June 22-October 7, 2007

Literature

1. Between Heaven and Earth: Secular and Divine Figural Images in Chinese Paintings and Objects, London: Sydney L. Moss Ltd., 1988, no. 9
2. Claudia Brown, "Heritage of the Brush: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting", in Orientations, vol. 22, no. 9, September 1991, fig. 5, p. 79
3. Scent of Ink: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, 1994, cat. 6, p. 29
4. Le Parfum de l'encre: Peintures Chinoises de la Collection Roy et Marilyn Papp, Musée Cernuschi, 1999, cat. 7, pp. 38-42

Condition

- Overall in good condition except minor restoration.
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