ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)

Begonia

Details

ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Begonia
Scroll, mounted on cardboard and framed, ink and colour on paper
44 x 51.5 cm. (17 3/8 x 20 ¼ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals and one dated seal of jiwei (1979)
Dated thirteenth day of the tenth month, sixty-eighth year (of the Republic, 1979)
Dedicated to Jiayou

Provenance

Christie’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Modern Paintings, 26 May 2008, Lot 837.

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Lot Essay

The recipient of this painting is Liu Jiayou, a good friend of the artist. He opened Fufeng Bank in Shanghai and befriended Zhang Daqian and other artists. After 1948, he moved to Hong Kong and lived in the same building as Zhang, Liu visited Zhang many times after the artist moved to Taiwan in 1976.

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