RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY

Details

SHI LU (1919-1982)
RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Inscribed with a poem and signed by the artist, with one painted seal
One collector's seal of Robert H. Ellsworth
Titleslip and seal of Robert H. Ellsworth on scroll
54 1/2 x 22 3/4 in. (138.4 x 57.8 cm.)

Literature

Christie’s,The Beauty of Art: Paintings and Calligraphy by Shi Lu from the Private Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, New York, 2011, p. 92.

Exhibited

Christie’s New York, The Beauty of Art: Paintings and Calligraphy by Shi Lu from the Private Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, 15-31 March 2011.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

The poem reads:
Spinning, high and low, since ancient times, always deliberating.
A thousand autumns having passed, a heavenly cycle.

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