SHI LU (1919-1982)

Calligraphy

Details

SHI LU (1919-1982)
Calligraphy
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
175 x 92.5 cm. (68 7/8 x 36 3/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated spring, xinhai year (1971)
Dedicated to Jianjun
One collector’s seal of Robert H. Ellsworth (1929-2014)

Provenance

Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929-2014), New York.
Christie’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Modern Paintings, 26-27 May 2014, Lot 1266.

Literature

The Beauty of Art: Paintings and Calligraphy by Shi Lu from the Private Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Christie’s New York, 2011, p. 93.

Exhibited

Christie’s New York, The Beauty of Art: Paintings and Calligraphy by Shi Lu from the Private Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, 15-31 March 2011.

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Lot Essay

New York collector and dealer Robert H. Ellsworth recognized and became a passionate advocate of Shi Lu’s work. Beginning with his first purchase in the late 1970s, Mr. Ellsworth assembled one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive collections of Shi Lu’s paintings and calligraphy, which he hung throughout his home.

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