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Lot 193: NING FUCHENG (1897–1966) The Four Gentlemen, 1957-1958

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NING FUCHENG (1897–1966)

The Four Gentlemen, 1957-1958

A set of four paintings framed and glazed, ink and color on paper, each inscribed by the artist and signed Fucheng, with several artist's seals. (4)


Painting: 41 1/2 × 21 1/2in (105.4 × 54.6cm)
Frame: 52 × 31 5/8in (132.1 × 80.3cm)


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The paintings are overall in very good condition but were not examined outside the frame. Minor abrasions and stains are observed on the paper.

Provenance

寧斧成(1897-1966) 四君子 水墨紙本 鏡框四屏 一九五七至一九五八年作



其一:梅

款識:濃墨作鐵漢,寧此耐寒枝。幹誤漢,丁酉(1957)冬月,老腐。

鈐印:一九五七年、老腐、寧二、腐翁金石、斧成六十後作、腐翁書畫



其二:蘭

款識:早浴泉石裡,出討識奇芳。辛苦披榛得,方知是國香。一九五八年夏,老腐。

鈐印:老腐、寧二、行易知難



其三:竹

款識:怪石本古色,叢篁蒼玉枝。戊戌(1958)孟春,老腐作於今吾草堂。

鈐印:一九五八年、老腐、寧二、大膽無恥



其四:菊

款識:陶令歸時徑未荒,魏公老去節彌芳。華前永有千秋在,持比南山壽更長。戊戌(1958)三月,老腐。

鈐印:老腐、寧二大年、百花齊放百家爭鳴



Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價




Provenance:

Li Luwei, New York, 4 March 1988

Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 1634

Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015-present




來源:

紐約李露薇,1988 年 3 月 4 日

佛羅倫斯 (1920-2018) 及赫伯特·歐雲 (1917-2016) 伉儷(Florence and Herbert Irving)舊藏,藏品編號 1634

歐雲伉儷贈,2015年

大都會藝術博物館,2015 年迄今



Originating from Haicheng, Liaoning Province, Ning Fucheng (1897-1966) relocated to Beijing in his 40s and established himself as a professional artist. His mastery of the four literati arts—poetry, calligraphy, painting, and seal carving—is epitomized in the set of four paintings included in the present lot.

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