Live Auction 3765Fine Chinese Paintings
MI GENGYUN (1910-1998)
Lot 466 THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF YAN YUNTAI

MI GENGYUN (1910-1998)

GUANYIN

Closed16 September 2015

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USD 22,500

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MI GENGYUN (1910-1998)
GUANYIN
Scroll, framed, ink and color on paper
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated the first day of the first month, jiwei year (1979)
Dedicated to Yan Yuntai and Josiane Desmedt Yen
One collector's seal of Yan Yuntai
30 ¾ x 17 in. (78 x 43.2 cm.)

Specialist note

A native of Wuxi, Jiangsu province, Mi Gengyun (1910-1998) started studying landscape painting at a young age, becoming one of Zhang Daqian’s most well-regarded disciples. He was a member of the Shanghai Artists’ Association and the Shanghai Calligraphers’ Association, as well as a librarian at the Research Institute of Culture.