黃君璧 1898-1991

釋文：雨過溪流交響，樹涼暑氣潛消。不是謝公別墅，定应杜老西郊。

款識：乙酉（1945）夏日於蜀中，黃君璧。鈐印：黃君璧印、君翁、雲窗一夜是我師



鑒藏印：安思遠珍藏記

Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy 1800-1950, Robert H. Ellsworth, New York: Random House, 1987, Vol. I, p. 214 (where the colophons are fully illustrated, transcribed and translated into English), Vol. II, p. 309 

- Few localized spots of restoration and paper loss along the side edges and center of painting
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Artist's inscription: 
Poem, four lines in six-character meter
After rain, the stream sounds like a symphony.
The woods are cooler; the heat has passed.
If it is not Xie-gong's cottage, 
It must be Du-lao's west country.