Houses under Tree Shade

Details

PU RU (1896 - 1963)
Houses under Tree Shade
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
13 ¼ x 12 ¼ in. (33.6 x 31 cm.)

Provenance

Christie's Hong Kong, 28 May 2007, lot 1093.

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Lot Essay

This painting is part of a comprehensive private Swiss collection of Chinese classical and modern artists, including Huang Junbi (1898-1991), Pu Ru (1896-1963), Feng Zikai (1898-1975), and Wu Zheng (1878-1949). Driven by business development opportunities, the collector moved to Taiwan in 1994. While developing art logistics structures and training art handlers in China between 1994 and 2009, he became acquainted with the Chinese art world and met several influential advisors. These advisors inspired him to start a collection of both classical and contemporary Chinese art, appraised through his Western eyes. Fascinated by the power and beauty of Chinese ink painting, this Swiss collector explored Chinese history and philosophy through the process of collecting. He saw China's history and philosophy in the spontaneity, spirituality, control and discipline of Chinese painters. The first part of this collection was sold in Christie's Paris, 13 June 2018, lots 1-23.

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