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Property from the Family of Song Feiqing (Sung Fei-ch'ing)
Lot 7375

Zhang Daqian (1899-1983)
Couplet of Calligraphy in Running Script

23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
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Zhang Daqian (1899-1983)

Couplet of Calligraphy in Running Script
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on paper, dedicated to Feiqing and sign Shuren Zhang Daqian Yuan with two artist's seals reading Zhang Yuan si yin and Daqian.
52 1/2 x 12 3/4in (133.3 x 32.4cm) each

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Provenance:
painted for the consignor's father Song Feiqing (宋棐卿, 1899-1955) in Argentina between 1952 and 1953

Song Feiqing (Sung Feiching 宋棐卿, 1899—1955), was a Tianjin-based industrialist, born in rural Shandong, and educated at Northwestern University in the United States. In 1932 he founded Dongya Corporation (東亞企業股份有限公司) with the brand name Diyan(抵羊牌毛線), and under his leadership, Dongya developed into one of the most important powerhouses of the Chinese textile industry. Song Feiqing, an enlightened businessman and corporate innovator, deftly steered the company through multiple national regime changes to great success. He utilized scientific management practices and promoted his textile empire as a patriotic force, working towards the modernization of Chinese industrial production. Inspired by his Christian beliefs, Song developed a host of employee welfare programs to address the healthcare, housing and education needs of his workers and also instituted employee shareholding. Song preserved Dongya Corporation through the 1949 revolution. In the face of increasingly complex political developments, the Song family left China, first for Hong Kong, and later settling in Argentina, where Song Feiqing later made the acquaintance of Zhang Daqian. The present lot was made as a gift for Song Feiqing after this meeting.

張大千 行書對聯 水墨紙本 立軸一對

款識: 千里熬游差自得意, 六時晏坐澹然無營。 棐卿仁兄法家正之。 蜀人張大千爰。
鈐印: 張爰私印﹑ 大千

宋棐卿 (1899-1955),著名天津實業家。宋氏生於山東農村,求學於美國西北大學。1932年,他創立了東亞企業股份有限公司,並生產抵羊毛牌毛線。在他的領導下,東亞公司發展成當時中國紡織業中最重要的公司之一。宋氏是一位具備現代思想及創新的實業家,在他嫻熟的帶領下,公司成功地渡過多次國家動盪與政權更替。他運用科學化的管理方式,推動了中國工業的現代化,並將公司提升為一個愛國企業。宋氏乃虔誠基督徒,他為員工設立多項福利,包括醫療﹑住宿及教育等需求,還建立了員工股權分享機制。在1949年的變局中,宋棐卿雖順利地保存了他的企業,但隨著日漸複雜的政治局勢,宋氏家族還是毅然地離開中國。最初前往香港,後定居阿根廷。在旅居阿根廷期間,宋棐卿與張大千相遇並結識。本幅書法作品正是與宋氏初見面後,張大千為其作之贈禮。

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