Details
WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)
Large Running Script Calligraphy (daxing shu)
Handscroll, ink on paper, 14 5/8 x 404¾in. (37.2 x 1028cm.)
The text consists of four poems by the artist about the sounds of frogs, beating clothes, geese and cocks
Signed: Zhengming
Dated the first month of dingyou year (1537)
Dedicated to Mr. Quanju
Four seals of the aritst: Wen Zheng Ming, Zheng Zhong, Yu Qing Shan Fang, Ting Yun
One collector's seal
Two colophons, one by the artist's second son, Wen Jian (1501-1583):
"The calligraphy of the 'Four Poems' is my late father's masterpiece. The calligraphy is in the style of Huang Tingjian (1045-1105). The brushwork is quite powerful. Quanju's given name is Wen, his zi is Daqing and he is a cousin of Wang Guxiang (1501-1568). He is a famous doctor from Wucong (Suzhou)... and he was a good friend of my late father. At the time of the execution of this work, my father was sixty-eight years old and his brushwork and composition are better than his other works", signed: Jia, second son, dated bingzi year of the Wanli era (1576) and with two seals. Second colophon by Juitong Jushi, dated gengshen year and with two seals
Label by Wu Hufan (1894-1968)
Large Running Script Calligraphy (daxing shu)
Handscroll, ink on paper, 14 5/8 x 404¾in. (37.2 x 1028cm.)
The text consists of four poems by the artist about the sounds of frogs, beating clothes, geese and cocks
Signed: Zhengming
Dated the first month of dingyou year (1537)
Dedicated to Mr. Quanju
Four seals of the aritst: Wen Zheng Ming, Zheng Zhong, Yu Qing Shan Fang, Ting Yun
One collector's seal
Two colophons, one by the artist's second son, Wen Jian (1501-1583):
"The calligraphy of the 'Four Poems' is my late father's masterpiece. The calligraphy is in the style of Huang Tingjian (1045-1105). The brushwork is quite powerful. Quanju's given name is Wen, his zi is Daqing and he is a cousin of Wang Guxiang (1501-1568). He is a famous doctor from Wucong (Suzhou)... and he was a good friend of my late father. At the time of the execution of this work, my father was sixty-eight years old and his brushwork and composition are better than his other works", signed: Jia, second son, dated bingzi year of the Wanli era (1576) and with two seals. Second colophon by Juitong Jushi, dated gengshen year and with two seals
Label by Wu Hufan (1894-1968)
Provenance
Sold in these rooms on December 1, 1986, lot 14