WU FUZHI (1900-1977)
Lot 1551 LOTS 1550 - 1551
FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

The recipient of this painting is Wu Shishou (1904-1981), a native of Zhejiang. He studied medicine at the Zhejiang Medical school in 1924, later travelled to Tokyo University to obtain his Phd in 1928.
Following the Mukden Incident, Wu left Japan and returned to China, where he took up positions as a teacher in the Guangdong Military academy as well as the resident surgeon. He later left the academy and became the director of the Jiangsu hospital whilst practising and teaching surgery, moving to a teaching position at the Southeast Medical College in Shanghai in 1938 and various important medical positions in the years following.

WU FUZHI (1900-1977)

Red Plum Blossoms

Closed2 June 2015

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HKD 175,000

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WU FUZHI (1900-1977)
Red Plum Blossoms
Inscribed with a poem and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated 1st October, 1973
Dedicated to Xichun and his wife
One collector's seal of Wu Shishou (1904-1981)
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
77.5 x 56.5 cm. (30 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.)
20th Century