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The Foh Collection of Chinese Paintings (Lots 684-689)
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
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Details
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
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Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
102.3 x 37.2 cm. (40 ¼ x 14 5⁄8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated winter, yiyou year (1945)
Colophon by Pu Ru (1896-1963), with three seals
NOTE:
In November 1945, Zhang Daqian flew from Sichuan to Beijing. In Beijing, Zhang resided at Yang Yun Xuan in the Summer Palace where he reunited with his relatives and friends, including Pu Ru, after being long apart. Hence, Pu’s inscriptions are often found on the works created by Zhang during this period of time.
Scholar
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
102.3 x 37.2 cm. (40 ¼ x 14 5⁄8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated winter, yiyou year (1945)
Colophon by Pu Ru (1896-1963), with three seals
NOTE:
In November 1945, Zhang Daqian flew from Sichuan to Beijing. In Beijing, Zhang resided at Yang Yun Xuan in the Summer Palace where he reunited with his relatives and friends, including Pu Ru, after being long apart. Hence, Pu’s inscriptions are often found on the works created by Zhang during this period of time.
Provenance
The Foh Collection, Christie’s Hong Kong, May 2023, p.103, pl.75.
Further details
The Foh Collection, assembled by Singapore-based collectors Mr Foh Kim Hong and his wife, Ms Chan Siew Fong, celebrates five decades of life and partnership. Mr Foh, a Malaysian-born cellist, settled in Singapore after graduating from Taiwan Normal University and became a member of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Ms Chan studied design in London and began collecting Chinese contemporary art in the late 1960s. In the early 1990s, the Fohs founded Yuen Gallery, the gallery organized many exhibitions featuring modern and contemporary ink artists such as Wu Guanzhong, Zhao Shao’ang, Hong Yi, Li Keran, Lu Yanshao, and Wu Zuoren. Mr and Mrs Foh’s son, Foh Kai Lik, has taken an active role in managing and shaping the future of the collection. The Foh family will donate all sale proceeds to benefit the children with autism and special needs and the elderly living with cognitive decline.
Brought to you by
Carmen Shek Cerne (石嘉雯)
Vice President, Head of Department, Chinese Paintings