PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF YEH CHIE CHUNG (LOTS 1201-1217) Veteran collector Mr. Yeh Chie Chung (1948-2008) started his collecting journey in the 1970s and built an impressive collection of Chinese classical and modern paintings. He immersed himself in various fields of research, with a specialty in calligraphy. Important works from Mr. Yeh’s collection have been on loan to the National Museum of History in Taipei and the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (formerly known as Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung). A man of bold and generous character, Mr. Yeh was one of the founding members of the Ching Wan Society in Taipei, one of the world’s most renowned associations of Chinese collectors. His friends held him in high esteem.Seventeen lots of Chinese modern paintings will be offered in this sale, and twenty-six lots (Lots 901 – 926) of classical works will be offered in our Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy sale on 27th November 2018.Notably, two paintings in this collection are dedicated to Pu Ru’s student and friend, Fang Zhenwu. Fang Zhenwu received several Pu Ru works when the two were in Taiwan. According to the biography of Pu Ru, Fang secretly helped Pu to sell a lot of his works while saving the proceeds in Fang’s bank account. Pu was also a frequent visitor to Fang’s apartment on Quanzhou Street. As the two held a close relationship, Fang had a large collection of some of Pu Ru’s finest works.—Wang Jiacheng, Pu Xinyu, Chiuko Publishing Co., Taipei, 2002, pp.333-334.

WU YONGXIANG (1913-1970)

Sleeping Crane

Details

WU YONGXIANG (1913-1970)
Sleeping Crane
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on silk
67 x 44 cm. ( 26 3/8 x 17 1/3 in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist
Inscribed and signed by Pu Ru (1896-1963), with one seal
Frontispiece entitled and signed by Zhuo Junyong (1882-1965), with two seals

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