Lot 555
  • 555

Lan Shen (Active 1660-After 1684)

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Lan Shen
  • LANDSCAPES
  • ink and color on silk, album of eight leaves
(1) signed Shen, with one seal of the artist, lan shen
(2) signed Lan Shen, with one seal of the artist, lan shen
(3) signed Shen, dated renzi, summer solstice (June 21, 1672) with one seal of the artist, xie qing
(4) signed Lan Shen, with one seal of the artist, xie qing
(5) signed Lan Shen, with one seal of the artist, lan shen
(6) signed Lan Shen, with one seal of the artist, lan shen
(7) signed Lan Shen, dated renzi (1672), winter, with one seal of the artist, lan shen
(8) signed Lan Shen,  with one seal of the artist, xie qing

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. Scent of Ink: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, 1994, cat. 16, pp. 53-55
2. Le Parfum de l'encre: Peintures Chinoises de la Collection Roy et Marilyn Papp, Musée Cernuschi, 1999, cat. 17, pp. 67-71

Condition

- Silk bear tanned tone due to age. - Minor foxing.
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