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WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)

SEARCHING FOR INSPIRATION IN MOUNTAINS AND STREAMS

Handscroll, ink and color on silk
30.5 x 246 cm. (12 x 96 3/4 in.)
Inscribed with a poem composed by the artist and signed: painted by Wen Zhengming of Changzhou (Suzhou)
Three seals of the artist: Zheng Zhong Fu Yin, Yu Lan Tang, Wei Geng Yin Wu Yi Jiang
Dated the sixteenth day of the eighth month, jiyou year of the Jiajing era (1549)
Seven collectors' seals, including one of Li Hongqiu (early 20th century)
Frontispiece by the artist with two seals

Literature
Wang Keyu, Shan Hu Wang Min Hua Ti Ba (Record of Paintings of the Coral Net), preface dated 1643, vol. 15, p. 8-9. Reprinted by Cultural Relics Press, Beijing. Feb. 1992
Li Hongqiu, Jian Hua Lou Shu Hua Lu, vol. 2, p. 107-108. Reprinted by Dazhong Bookstore, Taipei. March, 1971

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