ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Lot 2295 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF WU KUNGAN

ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)

Fish and Lotus

Closed29 November 2011

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HKD 3,380,000

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ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Fish and Lotus
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist and one dated seal of xinhai year
Dated eleventh month, sixtieth year (of the Republic, 1971)
Dedicated to Kungan and Madan Jingxing
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
137 x 69.2 cm. (54 x 27 1/4 in.)
20th Century

Lot 166, 26 April 1998, Fine Modern and Contemporary Chinese Paintings, Christie's Hong Kong.

Specialist note

A graduate of the Central School of Politics, Wu Kungan was a native of Jiangsu. In 1945 he went to the U.S. for his doctorate degree in educational psychology, then he taught at Lincoln University. Whenever visiting San Francisco, Zhang Daqian often stayed at the residence of Wu and thus Wu acquired several of his paintings.