Lot Essay
This lot consists of four paintings.
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LOTS 96-109PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ZOU XING Zou Xing, also known as Shouyong, was a businesswoman and among the first to engage in trade between the US and China when exchange was reestablished in the 1970s. She was the daughter of Zou Lu (1885-1954), a founding father of modern China and Chancellor of Sun Yatsen University in Guangdong. Born in Guangzhou in the 1920s, she immigrated to the U.S. to attend university. During the span of her career, she lived and worked in the U.S. and in China. She was acquainted with many prominent artists, calligraphers and statesmen in New York, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China. Her collection has remained within the family.
HU KEMIN (1909-1991)
Peonies
Details
HU KEMIN (1909-1991)
Peonies
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
34 ½ x 12 ½ in. (87.5 x 31.9 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Further inscribed and signed by Zheng Yanfen, with one seal
Dated 1957
GUO DAWEI (1919-2003)
Pelican
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink and color on paper
35 5/8 x 11 7/8 in. (90.6 x 30.1 cm.)
Signed with one seal of the artist
FU SHEN (BORN 1937)
Winter Landscape
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink on paper
25 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (65.8 x 24.5 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated wuxu year (1958)
Dedicated to Shouyong (Zou Xing)
YE SHAOSHAN (1919-2000)
Landscape
Scroll, unmounted, ink and color on paper
32 3/8 x 14 5/8 in. (82.3 x 37 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist
Dated bingyin year (1986)
Dedicated to Zou Xing
Peonies
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
34 ½ x 12 ½ in. (87.5 x 31.9 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Further inscribed and signed by Zheng Yanfen, with one seal
Dated 1957
GUO DAWEI (1919-2003)
Pelican
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink and color on paper
35 5/8 x 11 7/8 in. (90.6 x 30.1 cm.)
Signed with one seal of the artist
FU SHEN (BORN 1937)
Winter Landscape
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink on paper
25 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (65.8 x 24.5 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated wuxu year (1958)
Dedicated to Shouyong (Zou Xing)
YE SHAOSHAN (1919-2000)
Landscape
Scroll, unmounted, ink and color on paper
32 3/8 x 14 5/8 in. (82.3 x 37 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist
Dated bingyin year (1986)
Dedicated to Zou Xing