Live Auction 1978Japanese And Korean Art
Yun Yonggu (1852-1939)
Lot 404

Yun Yonggu (1852-1939)

Alone in a small bamboo garden

Closed18 March 2008

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USD 2,500

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Yun Yonggu (1852-1939)
Alone in a small bamboo garden
Signed Jang ui san in (recluse of Jang-ui village) and sealed Yun Yonggu yin, Haekwan and Yun Donyoung yin jang
Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll, ink on paper
9 15/16 x 6 7/8in. (25.2 x 17.5cm.)

Specialist note

Yun Yonggu is a master calligrapher and literatus known for his paintings of landscapes, bamboo and orchids. He retired from his career as a civil official in protest of the Japanese occupation of Korea and lived out his life as the recluse he identifies in the signature of this painting. The poem may be read: "Along the paths of a small garden I plant bamboo in place of flowerbeds."