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(US$32,300-45,200)
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XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
DRINKING HORSE
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and light color on paper
108.5 x 54 cm. (42 3/4 x 21 1/4 in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated a spring day of xinmao year (1951)
One seal commemorating the 1951 Kangmei Yuanchao Shuhua laojun Exhibition (1951 Exhibition of Paintings and Calligraphy in Support of Korea Against the USA)
DRINKING HORSE
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and light color on paper
108.5 x 54 cm. (42 3/4 x 21 1/4 in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated a spring day of xinmao year (1951)
One seal commemorating the 1951 Kangmei Yuanchao Shuhua laojun Exhibition (1951 Exhibition of Paintings and Calligraphy in Support of Korea Against the USA)
Literature
In 1950, an exhibition was organised and opened in Beijing on 31st December in support of North Korea in the Korean War against America. Several paintings by Xu Beihong were included in this event. The present painting bearing the Exhibition's commemorative seal probably means that it was included in the Exhibition. For discussion, see Wang Zhen, Xu Beihong Yanjiu (Study on Xu Beihong), pp.45-46, pp.127-128, Jiangsu Meishu Chubanshe, 1991