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CHENG SHIFA (1921-2007)
Lot 1561

CHENG SHIFA (1921-2007)

By the Riverbank

Closed2 June 2015

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HKD 212,500

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CHENG SHIFA (1921-2007)
By the Riverbank
Signed, with one seal of the artist
One collector's seal of Xie Chunyan (Born 1941)
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
37 x 95 cm. (14 5/8 x 37 3/8 in.)
20th Century

Directly acquired from the artist in 1994.

Specialist note

Xie Chunyan (Born 1941), a native of Shandong, is an art critic and Shanghai Painting Academy Senior Teacher, with previous posts as a teacher, journalist and editor. His painting style is unique and imbued with literati and humourous qualities, and he has been named as an important figure in the school of New Literati Painters.
Having visited America, Singapore, Japan from the 1980's to conduct talks and exhibitions, he was awarded special artist status by the San Francisco City in 2002.