Lady / Calligraphy

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ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983) / YE GONGCHUO (1881-1968)

Lady / Calligraphy

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ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983) / YE GONGCHUO (1881-1968)
Lady / Calligraphy
A pair of fan leaves, mounted and framed, ink and colour / ink on paper
Each fan leaf measures 18.6 x 51.8 cm. (7 3⁄8 x 20 3⁄8 in.)
Lady inscribed and signed by Zhang Daqian, with two seals
Dated sixth month, xinsi year (1941) One collector’s seal
Calligraphy inscribed and signed by Ye Gongchuo, with one seal
Both dedicated to Bicheng

NOTE:
The dedication of this work refers to Wu Bicheng, who was a famous collector in Shanghai, and a friend of Wu Hufan and Zhang Daqian.

The Foh Collection, Christie’s Hong Kong, May 2023, p.146, pl.112.

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.

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