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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN IN CALIFORNIA (LOT 1449)
LI KERAN (1907-1989)
Boy Riding Buffalo
Details
LI KERAN (1907-1989)
Boy Riding Buffalo
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
69 x 45.5 cm. (27 1/8 x 17 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist
Dedicated to Pichang
PROVENANCE:
Directly gifted by the artist and thence by descent.
NOTE:
The recipient of this painting is Wang Pichang, who became acquainted with Li Keran when they were both in May Seventh Cadre School. Wang later became the head manager at the Hubei Province Arts and Crafts Association in Wuhan, inviting Li to give lectures on art theory, collected in Lectures of Li Keran(illustrated). This booklet is included with the present work and contains more insights into their collaboration. This work was the artist’s gift to Wang, painted at Wuhan Donghu Hotel.
Boy Riding Buffalo
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
69 x 45.5 cm. (27 1/8 x 17 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist
Dedicated to Pichang
PROVENANCE:
Directly gifted by the artist and thence by descent.
NOTE:
The recipient of this painting is Wang Pichang, who became acquainted with Li Keran when they were both in May Seventh Cadre School. Wang later became the head manager at the Hubei Province Arts and Crafts Association in Wuhan, inviting Li to give lectures on art theory, collected in Lectures of Li Keran(illustrated). This booklet is included with the present work and contains more insights into their collaboration. This work was the artist’s gift to Wang, painted at Wuhan Donghu Hotel.
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