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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)

Longevity

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MI GENGYUN (1910-1998)
Longevity
Scroll, framed, ink and color on paper
38 x 22 in. (96.6 x 56.2 cm.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed, with four seals of the artist
Dated first day, guihai year (1983)
Dedicated to Qingxiang (Yan Qingxiang)
Colophon by Yan Qingxiang (1899-1988), signed,
with two seals, dated bingyin year (1986) and dedicated to
Yuntai (Yan Yuntai) and Jiaona (Josiane Desmedt Yen)

QIN ZHONGXUAN (20TH CENTURY)
Red Man
Scroll, unmounted, ink and color on paper
29 ¼ x 16 in. (74.5 x 40.6 cm.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated dingmao year (1987)
Dedicated to Qingxiang (Yan Qingxiang) and Huijun (Li Huijun)
Two collectors’ seals, one each of
Yan Qingxiang and Yan Yuntai

MI GENGYUN (1910-1998)
Crane and Pine
Scroll, unmounted, ink and color on paper
29 ¼ x 15 ¾ in. (74.2 x 40.1 cm.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dedicated to Qingxiang (Yan Qingxiang) and Huijun (Li Huijun)

Lot Essay

Bearded Man by Qin Zhongxuan and Crane and Pine by Mi Gengyun were made for Yan Qingxiang for his 80th birthday.

This lot consists of three paintings.

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