Lot Essay
This lot consists of three works.
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LOTS 43-57PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. CHEN JIThis collection was assembled by Dr. Chen Ji (1896-circa 1982), who was a professor of pediatrics at St. John’s School of Medicine in Shanghai. Dr. Chen brought the collection to the United States in 1965. His son, Chen Lien-ching (1922-2016), who was an architect who immigrated to the U.S. around 1945. Both father and son appreciated classical paintings and calligraphy, and also befriended contemporary artists, whose work they enjoyed and collected.
FU WENYAN (BORN 1920)
Blue and Green Landscape
Details
FU WENYAN (BORN 1920)
Blue and Green Landscape
Scroll, unmounted, ink and color on paper
17 7/8 x 22 5/8 in.(45.4 x 57.6 cm.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated autumn, wuwu year (1978)
XU ZIHE (1916-1999)
Plum Blossoms
Scroll, unmounted, ink on paper
26 7/8 x 13 ½ in.(68.4 x 34.2 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated wuwu year (1978)
Dedicated to Lianqing (Chen Lien-ching)
ZHOU JIANBAI (BORN 1926)
Landscape
Scroll, unmounted, ink and color on paper
26 x 13 ¼ in. (66 x 33.8 cm.)
Inscribed and signed with three seals of the artist
Dated wuwu year (1978)
Dedicated to Lianqing (Chen Lien-ching)
Blue and Green Landscape
Scroll, unmounted, ink and color on paper
17 7/8 x 22 5/8 in.(45.4 x 57.6 cm.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated autumn, wuwu year (1978)
XU ZIHE (1916-1999)
Plum Blossoms
Scroll, unmounted, ink on paper
26 7/8 x 13 ½ in.(68.4 x 34.2 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated wuwu year (1978)
Dedicated to Lianqing (Chen Lien-ching)
ZHOU JIANBAI (BORN 1926)
Landscape
Scroll, unmounted, ink and color on paper
26 x 13 ¼ in. (66 x 33.8 cm.)
Inscribed and signed with three seals of the artist
Dated wuwu year (1978)
Dedicated to Lianqing (Chen Lien-ching)