PU RU (1896-1963) AND CHEN FANG (1898-1962)

BAMBOO AND ROCK

Details

PU RU (1896-1963) AND CHEN FANG (1898-1962)
BAMBOO AND ROCK
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
One seal of Chen Fang
Colophon by YU YOUREN which states that Pu Ru painted the rock and Chen Fang added the bamboo, signed and with one seal
Dedicated to Zhenfu (Zhang Zheng, 1899-1950)
54 ¾ x 13 ¼ in. (139 x 34 cm.)

Provenance

Former Collection of Zhang Zheng Family
Christie's New York, 19 September 1997, lot 173.

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Lot Essay

Zhang Zheng of Changde, Hunan was the Commissioner of Security for the National Constitutional Assembly in 1946. By 1948 he was promoted to lieutenant general and served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Capital Garrison Division. Three years after his death, he was given the posthumous rank of second-level general.

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