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PROPERTY OF THE DISTINGUISHED CHINESE-AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD YEE (LOTS 1063-1064)
HUANG JUNBI (1898-1991)
Conversation by the Majestic Waterfall
Details
HUANG JUNBI (1898-1991)
Conversation by the Majestic Waterfall
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
92 x 185 cm. (36 1/4 x 72 3/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated winter, yimao year (1975)
Dedicated to Xianzao (Richard Yee, b. 1936)
Conversation by the Majestic Waterfall
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
92 x 185 cm. (36 1/4 x 72 3/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated winter, yimao year (1975)
Dedicated to Xianzao (Richard Yee, b. 1936)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.
Further details
This collection belongs to renowned Chinese American photographer Richard Yee known to many in Hong Kong for the nostalgic portraits of the city. Born in 1936 in Taishan, Guangdong province, Yee developed a keen interest in his camera at age twelve. With the endorsement and encouragement of Guangzhou-based photographer Wu Chin Li, Yee soon began his career in photography. Yee moved to the United States in 1951 and settled in Boston. Throughout his career, Yee received numerous awards and professional recognitions, including first prize in the Boston Globe Annual Photo competition and the all-U.S. Photo competition and second place in the World Photography Salon in 1968. Yee held solo exhibitions in many prestigious institutions, such as the Peabody Museum (Salem) and Addison Gallery in the 1980s, and in the past decade, the National Art Museum of China in Beijing in 2016 and the Memorial Hall of Lingnan School of Painting in 2021. The magnificent Huang Junbi painting in the collection was dedicated to him by the artist.
Brought to you by
Carmen Shek Cerne (石嘉雯)
Vice President, Head of Department, Chinese Paintings