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Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) The Masterworks of Chang Dai-chien, 1974-1975
28 June 2016, 12:00 PDT
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Zhang Daqian (1899-1983)
The Masterworks of Chang Dai-chien, 1974-1975
A suite of six original color lithographs on paper, the subjects including Homeward Passing Through the Stone Gate at Dusk, Cinnabar Lotus, Mountain Monastery by the Waterfall, Peonies, Shrike Amidst the Autumn Leaves and Hanging Gibbon Over an Autumn Stream; each dated jiayin (1974), signed on the stone Yuanweng with one to three artist's seals reading Daqian weiyin danian, Huanbi An and Sanqian Daqian, and by the artist in pencil Dai C. Chang, together with the edition number 64/125 written in pencil, the embossed publisher's seal 'ep,' on each sheet, the six sheets in the original portfolio, with introduction by Michael Sullivan and end paper.
29 1/4 x 20 3/4in (74.5 x 52.5cm), the largest print
A suite of six original color lithographs on paper, the subjects including Homeward Passing Through the Stone Gate at Dusk, Cinnabar Lotus, Mountain Monastery by the Waterfall, Peonies, Shrike Amidst the Autumn Leaves and Hanging Gibbon Over an Autumn Stream; each dated jiayin (1974), signed on the stone Yuanweng with one to three artist's seals reading Daqian weiyin danian, Huanbi An and Sanqian Daqian, and by the artist in pencil Dai C. Chang, together with the edition number 64/125 written in pencil, the embossed publisher's seal 'ep,' on each sheet, the six sheets in the original portfolio, with introduction by Michael Sullivan and end paper.
29 1/4 x 20 3/4in (74.5 x 52.5cm), the largest print
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張大千 石刻版畫一套 設色石印紙本六幅 一九七四至一九七五年作
This suite of six was the second series of lithographs published between October 1974 and March 1975 by Editions Press of San Francisco. A set from the same series is reproduced in Michael Sullivan Modern Chinese Art, The Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection, Oxford, 2001, p. 154 (one illustrated). It is rare for the complete suite of six lithographs to be offered at auction with the original portfolio and introduction.


