WU GUANZHONG (1919 -2010)

Boats

Details

WU GUANZHONG (1919 -2010)
Boats
signed and dated in Chinese (lower left)
watercolour on paper
38 x 26 cm. (15 x 10 1/4 in.)
Painted in 1974

Provenance

Private Collection, Asia
Anon. Sale, Christie’s Hong Kong, 25 May 2014, lot 159
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

Shui Tianzhong & Wang Hua (ed.), The Complete Works of Wu Guanzhong, Vol. II, Hunan Arts Publishing House, Changsha, China, 2007 (illustrated, p.244).

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Lot Essay

" I am a traveler, roving near blue mountains, Guiding my boat into green waters.
The tide is high, the banks spread far apart, The wind meets the sail that floats above. "
Wang Wan – A Stay Beneath Mount Beigu

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