Lot 617
  • 617

Gu Luo (1763-After 1837)

Estimate
20,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Gu Luo
  • LIN DAIYU BURYING FALLEN BLOSSOMS
  • ink and color on paper, hanging scroll
signed Ximei Gu Luo, inscribed with a ci poem, with a dedication and one seal of the artist, gu luo zhi yin
With two collector's seals of Zhao Zhiqian (1829-1884), zhi qian shen ding, ku jian shi, and two other collector's seals, han lu zhen cang, dong shan cao tang

Provenance

Hanart Gallery, Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy: A Special Exhibition and Sale, November 22-December 17, 1988, cat. 50

Exhibited

1. Journeys on Paper and Silk: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, February 28-April 19, 1998
2. Hidden Meanings of Love and Death in Chinese Painting: Selections from the Marilyn and Roy Papp Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, April 27-September 2, 2013
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
4. Transcending Turmoil: Painting at the Close of China's Empire 1796-1911, Phoenix Art Museum, August 22-October 4, 1992; Denver Art Museum, November 7, 1992-January 3, 1993; Honolulu Academy of Arts, March 17-April 19, 1993; Hong Kong Museum of Art, May 14-July 18, 1993

Literature

1. Transcending Turmoil: Painting at the Close of China's Empire 1796-1911, Phoenix Art Museum, 1992, cat. 32, pp. 90-91
2. Journeys on Paper and Silk: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, 1998, cat. 46, pp. 150-153
3. Hidden Meanings of Love and Death in Chinese Painting: Selections from the Marilyn and Roy Papp Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, 2013, cat. 23, pp. 50-51, 89
4. Claudia Brown, Great Qing: Painting in China, 1644-1911, University of Washington Press, 2014, fig. 5.15, p. 143

Condition

- Overall in good condition except paper bears darkened tone due to age.
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