Live Auction 2822Fine Chinese Modern Paintings
FU BAOSHI (1904-1965)
Lot 2638

FU BAOSHI (1904-1965)

Quiet Retreat

Closed30 November 2010

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HKD 5,060,000

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FU BAOSHI (1904-1965)
Quiet Retreat
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated second month, yiyou year (1945)
Dedicated to Yelifu (Elisseeff)
Scroll, mounted on wooden board and framed, ink and colour on paper
56 x 44 cm. (22 x 17 1/4 in.)
20th Century
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PROPERTY OF A FRENCH CHINESE COLLECTOR

Specialist note

In the upper colophon Fu Baoshi dedicated the painting to Mr. Elisseff, a French student who resided in China. Mr. Elisseeff wrote the book How Did the French Discover China? and other works as a sign of his passionate interest in China's art and culture.