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WU CHANGSHI (1844-1927)
Flowers on a Vine
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, inscribed by the artist and
signed Wu Changshi, with two artist’s seals, Wu Changshi, and
Wu Jun Zhi yin.
59 x 15 3/4in (150 x 40.1cm)

$12,000 - 18,000
吳昌碩 凌霄花 設色紙本 立軸

Provenance/來源:
Far East Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, 24 October 1986
加州舊金山遠東藝術畫廊，1986年10月24日

Published/出版:
Toda, Teisuke and Hiromitsu Ogawa comp. Comprehensive Illustrated
Catalogue of Chinese Paintings, Third Series, Volume 1: American and
Canadian Collections, University of Tokyo Press, 2013,
A50-082, p. 208
戶田禎佑、小川裕充，《中國繪畫總合圖錄》三編，第一卷，東京大
學出版會，東京，2013年，A50-082，頁208

Little, Stephen, and J. May Lee Barrett. New Songs on Ancient Tunes:
19th-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Richard
Fabian Collection, Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts,
2007, pp. 310-311
Little, Stephen, J. May Lee Barrett,《古調新歌：費立哲神父珍藏十九
及二十世紀中國書畫》，檀香山藝術博物館，夏威夷，
2007年，頁310-311

Isamu Noguchi/Qi Baishi/Beijing 1930, New York, 2013, no 59, p. 63
《野口勇/齊白石/20世紀30年代北京》，紐約，2013年，
圖錄編號59，頁63

Exhibited/展覽:
New Songs on Ancient Tunes, Honolulu Art Academy, Honolulu,
Hawaii, August 30-October 28, 2007
《古調新歌：費立哲神父珍藏十九及二十世紀中國書畫》，檀香山藝
術博物館，夏威夷，2007年8月30日至10月28日

It is in Wu Changshuo’s own words that his greatest achievement in
life is ‘to paint with calligraphic techniques’. This painting of Chinese
trumpet vines is indeed a great example of his calligraphic techniques
in painting. The bold vines traversing the images are like vigorous
calligraphic strokes in Seal Script. Within a diagonal composition, the
young shoots and new flowers at the bottom left are painted
with light ink and bright color, contrasting the old stems and think
leaves done in dark ink at the upper right, bringing a lively rhythm
to the image.

吳昌碩曾自言：”平生得力之處在於能以作書之法作畫。”此凌霄花圖
正是其以書法入畫之寫照。花藤蒼勁縱橫，可見篆書筆法。畫面採用
對角構圖，左下以淡墨鮮色寫嫩枝新花，右上則用重筆濃密表現老幹
密葉，互為呼應，疏密有致。

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