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Lot 173

Xu Beihong (1895-1953)
Galloping Horse

Amended
28 November 2015, 11:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

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Xu Beihong (1895-1953)

Galloping Horse
Ink on paper, mounted
Inscribed and signed Beihong, with one seal of the artist
Dated thirty-first year of the Republic of China (1942)
58.5cm x 42.5cm (23in x 16¾in) .

Footnotes

Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Lillian Chu Finnerty (1920-2010), thereafter by descent

徐悲鴻 奔馬 水墨紙本 鏡心 一九四二年作

款識:卅一年冬至,悲鴻渝州遣興。
鈐印:悲鴻

來源:
李佩恩收藏,其後由其子女繼承

李佩恩(Lillian Chu Finnerty, 1920-2010),上海人。早年生活經歷或缺,抗戰期間在重慶,並於1946年加入陳納德將軍與魏豪爾(Whiting Willauer)合資成立的「民用航空公司」,擔任魏豪爾的行政秘書。戰後與友人在香港成立進出口公司。五十年代末移居美國加州,先後在卡布瑞羅學院及加州大學聖克魯茲分校教授中國書畫和中文課程。李氏雅好文藝,五十年代在港期間舉凡中國傢俱、書畫等皆有購藏。據藏家女兒回憶,其母嘗言戰時曾隨名師習畫,以李氏現存畫作來看,推斷其於重慶時曾受教於徐悲鴻,許為可信。

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Please note the dimensions of this lot should read 58.5cm x 42.5cm (23in x 16¾in).
本拍品的尺寸應是 58.5cm x 42.5cm (23in x 16¾in)。

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