CHEN WEN HSI (Singaporean, 1906-1992)
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
CHEN WEN HSI (Singaporean, 1906-1992)

Five Gibbons on a Tree

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CHEN WEN HSI (Singaporean, 1906-1992)
Five Gibbons on a Tree
signed and inscribed in Chinese (lower left)
ink and colour on paper
139 x 69 cm. (54 3/4 x 27 1/8 in.)
Painted in 1989
two seals of the artist
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist

Brought to you by

Zineng Wang
Zineng Wang

Lot Essay

Wen Hsi's brush moves like a thousand troops,
Yuanji would recognize (the spirit of) this man if he were to be reincarnated today.
All of a sudden I hear the cries of gibbons,
but the mountains I knew were actually a myriad clouds away
Zhang Daqian

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