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Qi Baishi (1864-1957) Immortal Peaches image 1

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Lot 155

Qi Baishi (1864-1957)
Immortal Peaches

Fine Chinese Paintings

3 April 2019, 14:00 HKT

Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

HK$3,800,000 - HK$5,000,000

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Qi Baishi (1864-1957)

Immortal Peaches
Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll
Inscribed and signed Baishi Laoren, with two seals of the artist
Dated dinghai year (1947)
135.5 x 48.5cm (53⅜ x 19⅛in)

Footnotes

Provenance：
Dr. Robert Dickes, thereafter by descent
Mi Chou Gallery, New York, USA, 14 April 1967

齊白石　乍到瑤臺露氣清　設色紙本　立軸　一九四七年作

款識：
乍到瑤臺露氣清，昔人句也，借題此畫亦相宜。八十七歲白石老人，丁亥（1947）。

鈐印：借山翁、人長壽

来源：
羅伯特·迪克斯醫生舊藏，並由後人珍藏至今
紐約米舟畫廊

註：本幅〈壽桃〉為現藏家父母於一九六七年四月，以兩千元美金購自紐約米舟畫廊。該畫廊成立於一九五四年，由華人卓孚萊（Frank Fulai Cho, 1922-2014）所創，名稱取意米芾〈吳江舟中詩卷〉，米舟樂作藝壇良舫，傳播東方文化，乃美國第一家致力於經營、推廣中國傳統藝術的機構。

卓孚萊出身世家，祖籍福建閩縣，生於北京，祖父卓孝复為光緒乙未科進士，與康有為稱摯友，母親聶其純係曾國藩外孫女。燕京大學畢業後，卓氏於一九四七年入美國哈佛商學院就讀。因自小浸淫傳統，他在一九五一年拜王己千為師，學習中國書畫及鑑賞，並結識了王濟遠、汪亞塵、張大千等在美極具聲譽的藝術家。上世紀中葉的紐約，藝術市場方興未艾，現代美術館如火如荼，卓孚萊遂萌生了創辦畫廊的想法，得到師友的全力支持後，米舟畫廊便在王己千位於曼哈頓上西區八十一街三百二十號的住所一樓開幕了，首展推出的便是齊白石。

憑藉獨具一格的眼光，米舟所辦展覽，水準之高，常能受到來自《紐約時報》、《藝術新聞》等重要媒體的關注。一九五七年，獲聞齊白石逝世的消息，米舟集合了二十一件私人珍藏的白石鉅構舉辦「齊白石紀念展」。其中包括普林斯頓大學教授喬治·羅列（George Rawley）的珍藏〈荷花〉、王方宇教授珍藏〈漁樂〉以及一件極為罕見的〈揚子江帆圖〉。此後多年，這一展覽仍被視為海外齊白石展覽質量最高的一次。

「壽桃」乃齊白石愛寫善寫之題材。本件尺幅碩大，構思巧妙，五顆桃實，三顆長成結於冠頂，兩顆熟透，沈沈垂於枝間，佈局經營可見用心。白石以慣用手法，沒骨大寫意，洋紅染桃，藤黃綴蒂，筆墨間乾、濕、濃、淡，層次分明，而桃實外皮一圈細細的絨毛恍若可見。寫桃樹則以遒勁之筆力，勾勒蒼老、繁密的枝椏，樹葉向背各異，雖只著墨色，但於水墨酣暢間盡顯快意淋漓之態。右書「乍到瑤台露氣清」，水積墨氤，或以作畫之筆未曾更換，而直接題識，白石一氣呵成之暢快，便沃然紙上了。

原藏家完整保存了五十二年前米舟畫廊出具的發票影印件。本幅購入後曾經重新裝池，藏家亦並存照記錄裱褙過程。

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