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Lot 869

Zhang Daqian(Chang Dai-chien) (1899-1983)
Peonies

1 June 2021, 11:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

Sold for HK$50,000.40 inc. premium

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Zhang Daqian(Chang Dai-chien) (1899-1983)

Peonies
Ink and colour on silk dress
Signed Daqian jushi Zhang Yuan
112 x 49cm (44⅛ x 19¼in)

Footnotes

張大千 牡丹襯裙 設色絹本 一條

款識:
大千居士爰。

註:一九四九年,張大千去國離鄉,長女張心瑞留在大陸。至此父女兩別,直到一九六三年,心瑞才得以赴南美與大千團聚一年。愛女深情,彙於筆端,大千多次寫贈女兒心瑞,最特別的禮物當屬一九四九年作〈菡萏真絲旗袍〉,潔白絲綢上,蓮葉碩大飽滿,並蒂花苞婷婷玉立。
以白緞作畫,大千非此一次,上世紀七十年代亦寫墨荷旗袍贈台灣藝人郭小莊。本件襯裙寫芍藥,一隻花開正濃,嬌豔欲滴,一隻花瓣垂落,風韻猶存。大千比「女兒是含苞未放的花」,故只作花苞相贈,本作卻更似贈予一位正值妙玲的佳人。
與宣紙不同,絲綢作畫,絕非易事。因其材質柔軟,即便鎮紙固定,亦難控制行筆,更遑論水分、墨色的精確把握。然而「藝高人膽大」,大千喜於媒介、題材進行嘗試和突破,故以緞面作畫,寫贈佳人,情理之中矣。

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