SUN WEN (1866-1925) HU HANMIN (1879-1936)

Calligraphy

Details

SUN WEN (1866-1925) HU HANMIN (1879-1936)
Calligraphy
One scroll inscribed and signed by Sun Wen
One scroll inscribed and signed by Hu Hanmin
Two scrolls dedicated to Shangen
Two scrolls, mounted and framed as one frame, ink on paper
Each scroll measures 22 x 30 cm. (8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)
20th Century

Literature

Kindred Spirits - Dr. Sun Yat Sen, Singapore and Japan, Wan Qing Yuan - Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall, Singapore & Japan, May 2013, p.31.
80th Anniversary of Youlin Gallery - Sun Yat-sen at Yokohama Exhibition, Youlin Gallery, Yokohama, November 1989.

Exhibited

Singapore & Japan, Wan Qing Yuan - Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall, Kindred Spirits - Dr. Sun Yat Sen, Singapore and Japan, 2013.
Yokohama, Youlin Gallery, 80th Anniversary of Youlin Gallery - Sun Yat-sen at Yokohama Exhibition, 1989.
Kobe, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Sun Yat-sen 120th Anniversary Exhibition, 1-25 November 1986.

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Lot Essay

After the failure of the anti-Yuan movement, Sun Yat-sen travelled to Fuzhou from Shanghai in July, 1913. On 3 August, Sun took the Osaka Ferry from Fuzhou Mawei and arrived in Taiwan Jinong on 5 August. To thank the captain Shigetake Yamane for his safe journey, he gifted him with the above two calligraphy pieces.

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