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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR WALTER MÜLLER (LOTS 1241-1245)Mr Walter Müller, a Swiss mechanical engineer, led an illustrious career in East Asia from the 1960s to 1980s. He lived in Taiwan from 1968 until 1987, for a portion of which time he served as Director of the Trade Office of Swiss Industries. In this role Mr Müller made significant contributions to the establishment of Swiss banking operations in Taiwan. In recognition of his contribution to Swiss-Taiwanese trade, Mr Müller was awarded the key to the city of Taipei in 1987. In the same year, Vincent C. Siew, Director General of the Board of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs, awarded Mr Müller an official plaque “In appreciation of his outstanding contribution in promoting the trade relations between Switzerland and the Republic of China”. As a leading business figure in the expatriate community, Mr Müller met Zhang Daqian during his time in Taipei. He acquired several of Zhang’s works while living in Taiwan, some directly from the artist. Mr Müller collected both modern and classical Chinese paintings. A landscape with the signature of Zhao Boju from Mr Müller’s collection will be offered in Christie’s London, 14 May 2019, lot 175.
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Plum Blossoms
Details
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Plum Blossoms
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
53.5 x 95.2 cm. (21 1/8 x 37 ½ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist and one dated seal of wuwu year (1978)
Dated twelfth month, sixty-seventh year (of the Republic, 1978)
Plum Blossoms
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
53.5 x 95.2 cm. (21 1/8 x 37 ½ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist and one dated seal of wuwu year (1978)
Dated twelfth month, sixty-seventh year (of the Republic, 1978)
Provenance
Acquired in Taiwan between 1978 and 1987.
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