HUANG YONGYU (B. 1924)

Red Plum Blossoms

Details

HUANG YONGYU (B. 1924)
Red Plum Blossoms
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
82.5 x 77 cm. (32 1/2 x 30 3/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated eighth day of the first month, guichou year (1973)
Further inscribed and signed by the artist, with one seal
Dated spring, 1973
Dedicated to Guoquan (Ma Guoquan)

Provenance

Christie’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Modern Paintings, 2 December 2008, Lot 1425.

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Lot Essay

Mr. Ma Guoquan, courtesy name “Datang” was born in 1931 in Guangzhou. A graduate from Guangzhou University specialising in Chinese Classical Studies, Mr. Ma was a pupil of Master Rong Geng. Upon graduation, he worked variously as a professor, lecturer, researcher and editor in mainland China and in Hong Kong. Upon retirement in 1992, he immigrated to Canada but soon returned to Hong Kong to continue his research position at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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