Lot Essay
This lot consists of three paintings.
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LOTS 84-92PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF YAN YUNTAI This collection of Chinese modern paintings was assembled by Yan Yuntai (Anthony Yen) and his father Yan Qingxiang (1899-1988). The elder Mr. Yan was a successful owner and manager of Da Long Steel and Iron Works in Shanghai before 1949. During and after the Cultural Revolution, Mr. Yan took up his attention to the arts. He took up calligraphy and traditional painting, and through the teachers he sought out, he developed relationships with an extended circle of painters and calligraphers. Recognizing the difficult circumstances that most of these artists experienced in the 1950s and 1960s, Mr Yan created a “salon” to welcome these talented individuals. They recited poetry in the garden, exchanged ideas, and hung their work in the living room, dining room, and center hall of the Yan family home at 699 Yu Yuan Road.Anthony Yen left Shanghai alone in 1949 at the young age of 17 and made his way to the United States. There he built a distinguished career as an expert in international business and trade. Sharing his father’s dedication to China’s traditional arts, Mr. Yen also acquired and treasured paintings from the artists he met during his visits back to China beginning in 1980.
MI GENGYUN (1910-1998)
Guanyin
Details
MI GENGYUN (1910-1998)
Guanyin
Scroll, framed, ink and color on paper
30 ¾ x 17 in. (78 x 43.2 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated the first day of the first month, jiwei year (1979)
Dedicated to Yuntai (Yan Yuntai) and Jiaona (JosianeDesmedt Yen)
One collector’s seal of Yan Yuntai
MONK CHUGUANG (BORN 1921)
Calligraphy
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
40 x 12 ¾ in. (101.6 x 32.3 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist
Dated seventy-fourth year (of the Republic, 1985)
LÜ GUOZHU (BORN 1938)
Pine and Eagle
Scroll, framed, ink on paper
49 x 24 ½ in. (124.5 x 62.1 cm.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated autumn, bingzi year (1996)
Guanyin
Scroll, framed, ink and color on paper
30 ¾ x 17 in. (78 x 43.2 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated the first day of the first month, jiwei year (1979)
Dedicated to Yuntai (Yan Yuntai) and Jiaona (JosianeDesmedt Yen)
One collector’s seal of Yan Yuntai
MONK CHUGUANG (BORN 1921)
Calligraphy
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
40 x 12 ¾ in. (101.6 x 32.3 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist
Dated seventy-fourth year (of the Republic, 1985)
LÜ GUOZHU (BORN 1938)
Pine and Eagle
Scroll, framed, ink on paper
49 x 24 ½ in. (124.5 x 62.1 cm.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated autumn, bingzi year (1996)