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PAINTINGS BY NORTHERN ARTISTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ZHAO CHENGZHI (LOTS 1149-1153)
XIAO XUN (1883-1944)
Album of Landscape Paintings
Details
XIAO XUN (1883-1944)
Album of Landscape Paintings
Album of twelve double leaves, ink and colour on paper
Each leaf measures 22 x 11 cm. (8 5/8 x 4 3/8 in.)
One leaf inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated New Year’s Day, yihai year (1935)
Eleven leaves with twelve seals of the artist
Further inscribed and signed on the opposite leaves by twelve Beijing artists, including Qi Baishi, etc.
All leaves dedicated to Chengzhi
Titleslip by Qi Baishi, with one seal
Album of Landscape Paintings
Album of twelve double leaves, ink and colour on paper
Each leaf measures 22 x 11 cm. (8 5/8 x 4 3/8 in.)
One leaf inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated New Year’s Day, yihai year (1935)
Eleven leaves with twelve seals of the artist
Further inscribed and signed on the opposite leaves by twelve Beijing artists, including Qi Baishi, etc.
All leaves dedicated to Chengzhi
Titleslip by Qi Baishi, with one seal
Further details
The paintings from this collection are dedicated to Zhao Chengzhi, a familiar name often seen on published paintings by Northern artists and in the art market. The collection now comes from Zhao’s descendants and consists of five works by 20th century artists from Beijing and Tianjin. The collection manifests the friendships between Zhao and leading figures in the art and cultural field in Beijing in the 1940s. Especially rare are Various Subjects (Lot 1149) and Album of Landscape Paintings (Lot 1151), where on very rare occasions groups of renowned artists collaborated to produce a singular work.
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