Ducks are the First to Know the Warmth of Spring
Details
SHI LU (1919-1982)
Ducks are the First to Know the Warmth of Spring
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
66 x 65.4 cm. (26 x 25 ¾ in.)
Entitled and signed, with one painted seal of the artist
One collector’s seal of Robert H. Ellsworth
Titleslip entitled by Robert H. Ellsworth, with one seal
Ducks are the First to Know the Warmth of Spring
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
66 x 65.4 cm. (26 x 25 ¾ in.)
Entitled and signed, with one painted seal of the artist
One collector’s seal of Robert H. Ellsworth
Titleslip entitled by Robert H. Ellsworth, with one seal
Provenance
Christie’s New York, The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part II - Chinese Furniture, Scholar’s Objects and Chinese Paintings, 18 March 2015, Lot 345.
Literature
The Beauty of Art: Paintings and Calligraphy by Shi Lu from the Private Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Christie’s New York, 2011, pp.62-63.
Exhibited
Christie’s New York, The Beauty of Art: Paintings and Calligraphy by Shi Lu from the Private Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, 15-31 March 2011.
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