Live Auction 3365Fine Chinese Modern Paintings
HUANG ZHOU (1925-1997)
Lot 1286

HUANG ZHOU (1925-1997)

Lady and Donkeys

Closed25 November 2014

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HKD 1,060,000

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HUANG ZHOU (1925-1997)
Lady and Donkeys
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated third month, xinwei year (1991)
Dedicated to Murata Yoshitaka
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
67 x 50 cm. (26 3/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
20th Century

Specialist note

Born in 1944, Murata Yoshitaka is a Japanese politician and a member of the China-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians' Union. A very close friend of Huang Zhou's, he was involved in the sales and marketing of the artist's works in Japan and they corresponded with each other often. Murata was at the bedside of Huang Zhou in his final days.