Lot 2885
  • 2885

ZHENG WUCHANG | Landscapes Inspired by Wu Wenying's Poetry

Estimate
3,500,000 - 4,500,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zheng Wuchang
  • Landscapes Inspired by Wu Wenying's Poetry
  • ink and colour on paper, album of twelve leaves, framed
  • each 36 by 29 cm. 14 1/8 by 11 3/8 in. (12)
all signed, seven dated 1939, inscribed, and with seventeen seals of the artist. Frontispiece by Zhang Daqian

Provenance

Previously in the collection of Bao Guoliang
Sotheby's Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Paintings, May 1991, Lot 175
From the M K Lau Collection

Exhibited

Beijing, Guardian Art Center, Intimate Encounters: An Exhibition of Handscrolls and Albums from the M K Lau Collection, 7-22 November, 2017
Hong Kong, PMQ, Intimate Encounters: An Exhibition of Handscrolls and Albums from the M K Lau Collection, 24 March to 5 April, 2018
Hong Kong, Duddell's, Intimate Encounters: The Arts of Handscrolls and Albums - Paintings from the M K Lau Collection, July 2018 to July 2019

Literature

Zheng Wuchang - Landscape Album Inspired by Wu Wenying's Poetry, Rong Bao Zhai, Beijing, January 1940
Two leaves illustrated in Intimate Encounters: An Exhibition of Handscrolls and Albums from the M K Lau Collection exhibition brochure, M K Lau Collection, Hong Kong, 2018, cover and p.3
Two leaves illustrated in Intimate Encounters: The Arts of Handscrolls and Albums - Paintings from the M K Lau Collection exhibition brochure, M K Lau Collection, Hong Kong, 2018
2019 Monthly Calendar, M K Lau, Hong Kong, 2019

Condition

-Generally in good condition.
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