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Lu Yingxiang (late 19th century) Journey While Reclining, 1885
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Lu Yingxiang (late 19th century)
Journey While Reclining, 1885
Horizontal handscroll, ink and color on paper, inscribed by the artist with a date of Guangxu yiyou, followed by two artist's seals reading Jingzhong and Lu Anxiang yin, with a third unidentified seal, mounted with by a frontispiece by Xu Yunlin (19th century), titled in seal script and dated bingxu (1886) and signed Xu Yunlin with two calligrapher's seals, also mounted with a calligraphic colophon by Xu Yunlin dated bingxu.
4 3/4 x 282in (12 x 716.7cm), the painting only, exclusive of the frontispiece and colophon
Horizontal handscroll, ink and color on paper, inscribed by the artist with a date of Guangxu yiyou, followed by two artist's seals reading Jingzhong and Lu Anxiang yin, with a third unidentified seal, mounted with by a frontispiece by Xu Yunlin (19th century), titled in seal script and dated bingxu (1886) and signed Xu Yunlin with two calligrapher's seals, also mounted with a calligraphic colophon by Xu Yunlin dated bingxu.
4 3/4 x 282in (12 x 716.7cm), the painting only, exclusive of the frontispiece and colophon
Footnotes
陸應祥 臥遊圖 設色紙本 手卷 一八八五年作
Provenance/來源:
Sotheby's New York, 18 March 1997, lot 61
紐約蘇富比，1997年3月18日，拍品編號61
Published/出版:
Toda, Teisuke and Hiromitsu Ogawa comp. Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Paintings, Third Series, Volume 1: American and Canadian Collections, University of Tokyo Press, 2013, A50-276, pp. 228-229
戶田禎佑、小川裕充，《中國繪畫總合圖錄》三編，第一卷，東京大學出版會，東京，2013年，A50-276，頁228-229
Andrews, Julia Frances, Michael Knight, and Pauline Yao. Between the Thunder and the Rain: Chinese Paintings from the Opium War Through the Cultural Revolution, 1840-1979, San Francisco: Echo Rock Ventures, in association with the Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, 2000, pp. 54-56
Andrews, Julia Frances, Michael Knight, and Pauline Yao,《風雲際會：從鴉片戰爭到「文革」（1840-1979）的中國繪畫》，亞洲藝術博物館，李鐘文亞洲藝術文化中心，舊金山，加州，2000年，頁54-56
Little, Stephen, and J. May Lee Barrett. New Songs on Ancient Tunes: 19th-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Richard Fabian Collection, Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2007, pp. 96-99
Little, Stephen, J. May Lee Barrett,《古調新歌：費立哲神父珍藏十九及二十世紀中國書畫》，檀香山藝術博物館，夏威夷，2007年，頁96-99
Exhibited/展覽:
Between the Thunder and the Rain, Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, San Francisco, California, October 25, 2000-January 14, 2001
《風雲際會：從鴉片戰爭到「文革」（1840-1979）的中國繪畫》，亞洲藝術博物館，舊金山，加州，2000年10月25日至2001年1月14日
New Songs on Ancient Tunes, Honolulu Art Academy, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 30-October 28, 2007
《古調新歌：費立哲神父珍藏十九及二十世紀中國書畫》，檀香山藝術博物館，夏威夷，2007年8月30日至10月28日
Lu Yingxiang, a late Qing dynasty artist, who used the courtesy name Jingtao, was born in Fengjing in Zhejiang province and later lived in Shanghai. The colophon by Xu Yunlin written in 1886 at the end of this scroll corresponds to what has been recorded about the artist's life: Lu Yingxiang was talented in reading, writing, and painting. His painting followed Huang Gongwang, Ni Zan, and the Four Wangs. If encountering an ancient masters' work, Lu Yingxiang would not hesitate to purchase it even if he had to pay a hefty price. Many contemporary artists were his friends and they would often gather at his home.
This intimate landscape handscroll was painted over many years. After he finally completed it 1885, Lu Yingxiang presented it to Xu Yunlin. Confined in this remarkably long, yet diminutive height scroll, the artist was able to overcome the spatial challenges, creating a rhythmic river and mountain scene. Following the dynamic brushwork when unrolling the scroll, viewers would be able to immerse themselves in the same journey as the artist.