Live Auction 2888Fine Chinese Modern Paintings
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Lot 1938

ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)

Bird on Autumn Branch

Closed29 November 2011

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HKD 620,000

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ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Bird on Autumn Branch
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist
Dated twenty-second day, third month, sixty-second year (of the Republic, 1973)
Dedicated to Madam Wumei
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
50.8 x 108.3 cm. (20 x 42 5/8 in.)
20th Century

Specialist note

Madame Wu received this painting directly from Zhang Daqian when the artist visited Germany, where she was living at the time. Madame Wu was the wife of famous scholar Wu Mei (1884-1939).