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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD H.S. CHAOBorn in Xixian, Henan province, Howard H.S. Chao (1920-2012) was a well-known journalist in China and Japan. After he moved to the United States in 1952, he taught Chinese at Yale University and authored several books and a syndicated news column. Professor Chao received these two paintings during Zhang Daqian’s visits to the United States, when the artist visited his friend and fellow artist, Wang Fangyu (1913-1997), who was a colleague of Professor Chao.
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Boating
Details
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Boating
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
17 ¼ x 24 7/8 in. (44 x 63.3 cm.)
Inscribed and signed by the artist
Dated summer, guimao year (1963)
Dedicated to Haosheng (Professor Howard H.S. Chao)
Boating
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
17 ¼ x 24 7/8 in. (44 x 63.3 cm.)
Inscribed and signed by the artist
Dated summer, guimao year (1963)
Dedicated to Haosheng (Professor Howard H.S. Chao)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist.