Lot 221: ZHENG ZAIDONG (CHENG TSAI-TUNG)

B. 1953
RESTING THE TUNE FOR THE COOL MOON & LAY DOWN YOUR WORLD-WEARY STAFF

each: 39 3/8 by 31 1/2 in. 100 by 80 cm.

each signed in Chinese and dated 2001

acrylic on canvas

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Europe

EXHIBITED

Hong Kong, Hanart TZ Gallery, Cheng Tsai-Tung: Collected Songs, 2001, illustrated in color
Paris, Espace Cardin, Paris-Pékin, October, 2002, p. 75, illustrated in color

LITERATURE

Chang Tsong-zung and Eric Wear ed., Zheng Zai-Dong, Taipei, 2002, pp.126-127, illustrated in color

NOTE

Lay Down Your World-Weary Staff (Inscription): Greatly wearied of the world of men, I rein in my spirit and live in deep seclusion; The qin stops as I gaze at the bright moon, the candle goes out as I listen to the wild geese returning.