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CHEN LIFU (1900-2001)
Lot 45 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ZHANG ZIKAI (1900-1983)

CHEN LIFU (1900-2001)

Calligraphic Couplet

Closed19 March 2019

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CHEN LIFU (1900-2001)
Calligraphic Couplet
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated twelfth month, fifteenth day, sixty-eighth year (of the Republic, 1979)
Dedicated to Limen (Zhang Zikai, 1900-1983) (2)
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
50 1/8 x 13 1/4 in. (127.2 x 33.5 cm.)

Specialist note

Chen Lifu was born in Zhejiang province and in 1924 he received his master’s degree in mining engineering from University of Pittsburgh. He was an influential figure in Kuomingtang (Nationalist Party), having served as Chiang Kaishek’s personal secretary and later became the Minister of Education.