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FAMILY COLLECTION OF KU TAM MING (LOTS 1089-1090)
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Scholar / Photo of Zhang Daqian
Details
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Scholar / Photo of Zhang Daqian
One scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper, and one black and white photograph
1. Scholar measures 33 x 48 cm. (13 x 18 7⁄8 in.)
(2)Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist and one dated seal of jichou year (1949)
Dated first month, jichou year (1949)
Dedicated to Danming
2. Photo of Zhang Daqian measures 20.7 x 15.7 cm. (8 1⁄8 x 6 1⁄8 in.)
Further inscribed and signed by Zhang Daqian on the mounting, with one seal
Photography by Liu Huaiguang
Dated first month, jichou year (1949)
Scholar / Photo of Zhang Daqian
One scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper, and one black and white photograph
1. Scholar measures 33 x 48 cm. (13 x 18 7⁄8 in.)
(2)Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist and one dated seal of jichou year (1949)
Dated first month, jichou year (1949)
Dedicated to Danming
2. Photo of Zhang Daqian measures 20.7 x 15.7 cm. (8 1⁄8 x 6 1⁄8 in.)
Further inscribed and signed by Zhang Daqian on the mounting, with one seal
Photography by Liu Huaiguang
Dated first month, jichou year (1949)
Further Details
Ku Tam Ming, originally from Suzhou, was born in Panyu, Guangdong Province. In the 1930s and 1940s, he was active in the newspaper and artist circles in Hong Kong, Macau, and Guangdong. He specialized in landscape and figure painting and once held a solo exhibition in Hong Kong. He is the father of the famous composer Koo Kar-Fai and the singer and painter Koo Mei.
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Carmen Shek Cerne (石嘉雯)
Vice President, Head of Department, Chinese Paintings