


Lot 224
Qi Baishi (1864-1957) Wisteria and Bees
26 May 2017, 16:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific PlaceSold for HK$2,340,000 inc. premium
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Qi Baishi (1864-1957)
Wisteria and Bees
Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll
Inscribed and signed Qi Huang, with one seal of the artist
Dated bingzi year (1936)
136.5cm x 34.5cm (53¾in x 13½in).
Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll
Inscribed and signed Qi Huang, with one seal of the artist
Dated bingzi year (1936)
136.5cm x 34.5cm (53¾in x 13½in).
Footnotes
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist, and thence by descent
齊白石 紫藤蜜蜂 設色紙本 立軸 一九三六年作
款識:華棠先生清屬。丙子(1936)四月,予將蜀𣸯時畫,觀畫者,迎予入川之趙三也。齊璜。
鈴印:木人
上款:「華棠」即王華棠(1903-1991),河北趙縣人,水利專家。畢業於國立唐山大學土木工程系,後獲美國康奈爾大學研究院土木工程碩士。學成歸國,自三十年代起,歷任華北水利委員會工程師、總務處長、華北水利工程總局局長。1949年後,任天津水利處處長、建設局副局長等職,並參與了官廳水庫的建設及海河治理工程等。王氏曾入白石門下習治印,與李苦禪有同門之誼。
來源:
本幅與編號225皆得自上款人家屬