Lot Essay
The calligraphy by Xu Boqing was gifted to Josiane Desmedt Yen by Yan Qingxiang, who was a friend of the artist.
This lot consists of four works.
This lot consists of four works.
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LOTS 84-92PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF YAN YUNTAI This collection of Chinese modern paintings was assembled by Yan Yuntai (Anthony Yen) and his father Yan Qingxiang (1899-1988). The elder Mr. Yan was a successful owner and manager of Da Long Steel and Iron Works in Shanghai before 1949. During and after the Cultural Revolution, Mr. Yan took up his attention to the arts. He took up calligraphy and traditional painting, and through the teachers he sought out, he developed relationships with an extended circle of painters and calligraphers. Recognizing the difficult circumstances that most of these artists experienced in the 1950s and 1960s, Mr Yan created a “salon” to welcome these talented individuals. They recited poetry in the garden, exchanged ideas, and hung their work in the living room, dining room, and center hall of the Yan family home at 699 Yu Yuan Road.Anthony Yen left Shanghai alone in 1949 at the young age of 17 and made his way to the United States. There he built a distinguished career as an expert in international business and trade. Sharing his father’s dedication to China’s traditional arts, Mr. Yen also acquired and treasured paintings from the artists he met during his visits back to China beginning in 1980.
XU BOQING (1926-2010)
Calligraphy
Details
XU BOQING (1926-2010)
Calligraphy
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
4 ¼ x 5 in. (10.8 x 12.5 cm.)
Inscribed with a poem, signed with two seals of the artist
CHEN LIFU (1900-2001)
Calligraphy
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
37 ¾ x 13 ¼ (96 x 33.8 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Yuntai (Anthony Yen)
TIAN YUXIN (BORN 1942)
Calligraphy
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
38 x 15 5/8 in. (96.2 x 39.7 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated renshen year (1992)
Titleslip dedicated to Yan Yuntai (Anthony Yen)
20TH CENTURY RUBBING
Hanging scroll, ink rubbing on paper
26 x 16 ½ in. (66 x 42 cm.)
Inscribed by Choushi (20th century), with eight seals
Dated winter, bingzi year, 5 December 1996
Calligraphy
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
4 ¼ x 5 in. (10.8 x 12.5 cm.)
Inscribed with a poem, signed with two seals of the artist
CHEN LIFU (1900-2001)
Calligraphy
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
37 ¾ x 13 ¼ (96 x 33.8 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Yuntai (Anthony Yen)
TIAN YUXIN (BORN 1942)
Calligraphy
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
38 x 15 5/8 in. (96.2 x 39.7 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated renshen year (1992)
Titleslip dedicated to Yan Yuntai (Anthony Yen)
20TH CENTURY RUBBING
Hanging scroll, ink rubbing on paper
26 x 16 ½ in. (66 x 42 cm.)
Inscribed by Choushi (20th century), with eight seals
Dated winter, bingzi year, 5 December 1996