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WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)
Cloudy Mountains
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
29.8 x 181 cm. (11 3/4 x 71 1/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed by the artist: Heng Shan Wen Bi
Four seals of the artist: Zheng Ming, Wu Yan Jian Yin, Wen Zheng Ming, Wen Bi Yin.
Dated fifth month, wuchen year (1508)
Frontispiece by Wang Wen, signed with two seals: Tai Xian Zhi Zhang, Wang Shi Zi Yu
Colophons by Huang Yun, dated summer, twenty-eighth day, fifth month, third year of Zhengde era (1508), signed with one seal: Ying Long Si Yin;
Wang Shizhen, dated third month, gengwu year (1570), signed with five seals: Wang Yuan Mei Shi, Tian Qi Ju Shi, Tai Pu Si Yin, Fu Zhi Yun yang Deng Chu Guan Fang Yuan Mei; Bi Maokang, dated sixth year of Chongchen era (1633), with one seal; Li Borang, dated sixth month of Chongchen era (1634), with one seal
NOTE:
For a brief biography on Wang Yun, see Zhongguo Lidai Renming DaCidian, (Shanghai People's Fine Art Publishing House), 2005 (13th ed.), p. 2061
Cloudy Mountains
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
29.8 x 181 cm. (11 3/4 x 71 1/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed by the artist: Heng Shan Wen Bi
Four seals of the artist: Zheng Ming, Wu Yan Jian Yin, Wen Zheng Ming, Wen Bi Yin.
Dated fifth month, wuchen year (1508)
Frontispiece by Wang Wen, signed with two seals: Tai Xian Zhi Zhang, Wang Shi Zi Yu
Colophons by Huang Yun, dated summer, twenty-eighth day, fifth month, third year of Zhengde era (1508), signed with one seal: Ying Long Si Yin;
Wang Shizhen, dated third month, gengwu year (1570), signed with five seals: Wang Yuan Mei Shi, Tian Qi Ju Shi, Tai Pu Si Yin, Fu Zhi Yun yang Deng Chu Guan Fang Yuan Mei; Bi Maokang, dated sixth year of Chongchen era (1633), with one seal; Li Borang, dated sixth month of Chongchen era (1634), with one seal
NOTE:
For a brief biography on Wang Yun, see Zhongguo Lidai Renming DaCidian, (Shanghai People's Fine Art Publishing House), 2005 (13th ed.), p. 2061
Literature
Wang Yuanqi and others, Pei Wen Zhai Shu Hua Pu, Volumn 87, p.11, published by Beijing Zhongguo Shu Dian, Volumn Five, 1984, p.2511
Anne de Covrsey Clapp. The Art of Wen Cheng-ming. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan,1976, pp.64-66
Anne de Covrsey Clapp. The Art of Wen Cheng-ming. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan,1976, pp.64-66
Exhibited
The Art of Wen Zhengming, The University of Michigan, Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 25 January-Fenruary 29, 1976
Asia House Gallery, New York, 7 April-7 June, 1976
Asia House Gallery, New York, 7 April-7 June, 1976