Lot 1047: GU YUAN (1919-1996) AND OTHERS

GU YUAN (1919-1996) AND OTHERS
A Group of Ten Revolutionary woodblock prints with a cover
Ten woodblock prints and a cover, oil-based ink on paper or ink and
color on paper, mounted in seven mounts, including the following
works:
a) Gu Yuan (1919-1996), Liu Zhidan, the people’s leader, 1943
b) Wang Liuqiu (1919-2011), Avenging the Dead, 1945
c) Zhang Wang (20th century), The Eighth Route Army Helping
Mongolian Comrades at Harvest
d) Ma Da (1903-1978), The Foundry, 1944
e) Ji Guisen (b. 1921), Inviting the Neighborhood Elders to a New
Year’s Party, 1945
f) Yan Han (1916-2011), The Health Cooperative, 1944
g) Guo Jun (1920-1978), Promoting a New Method of Delivery
h) Yan Han (1916-2011), When the Bullets Run Out
i) Wo Zha (1905-1973), Recovering the Grain, Cattle and Sheep, 1945
j) Gu Yuan (1919-1996), Ma Xiwu Mediating a Lawsuit, 1944, and
k) Anonymous (mid-1940s), Folio Cover titled Lu Yi Mu Ke Xuan Ji
Various sizes, 7 1/4 x 11 1/4in (18.1 x 28.6cm) to 3 1/2 x 4 3/4in
(8.8 x 12cm), largest to smallest, sight

Provenance:
Gifted to Lawrence K. Rosinger by Mao Zedong in Yan’an, 1946,
thereafter by descent