Flower and Insect Cicada

Details

ZHAO SHAO'ANG (1905-1998)
Flower and Insect Cicada
One scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
One fan leaf, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
Flower and Insect measures 33.2 x 36.5 cm. (13 1/8 x 14 3/8 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated spring, thirty-eighth year (of the Republic, 1949)
Dedicated to Suixuan
Cicada measures 11.3 x 43.5 cm. (4 1/2 x 17 1/8 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Renshi (2)

Provenance

Flower and Insect PROVENANCE:
Lot 224, 29 October 1995, Fine 19th and 20th Century Chinese Paintings, Christie's Hong Kong.

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Lot Essay

The recipient of this painting is Zhang Renshi (1911-1972), a native of Guangdong. Zhang apprenticed under Ye Shihong and Gui Nanping and focused on literati study, excelling in Peony paintings. He later moved to Hong Kong and was a paintings teacher.

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