PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM WANG TIESHENG, A BRAZILIAN CHINESE COLLECTION (LOTS 1093-1094)This rare collection of Zhang Daqian paintings dates back to the artist’s days in Brazil. The original owner of these works, a Chinese family in Brazil, was acquainted with Zhang Daqian. The two paintings were dedicated to Wang Tiesheng, an important overseas Chinese leader in the Brazilian business community who operated a plastic manufacturing business in Rio de Janeiro in the 1960s. According to the diary of 20th century shipping magnate C. Y. Tung, Wang was a close friend and business partner and previously worked as the representative of Industrial e Comercial Brasileira. When Tung visited Brazil in several occasions in the 1950s, Wang accompanied him in many of his business meetings in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)

Scholar in a Bamboo Grove

Details

ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Scholar in a Bamboo Grove
Scroll, mounted on cardboard and framed, ink and colour on paper
36 x 30 cm. (14 1/8 x 11 ¾ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated three days before the Lantern Festival, jiawu year (1954)
Dedicated to Tiesheng