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Qi Kun (1894-1944) Tao Tao (1825-1900)
Landscape, 1939 Blue/Green Landscape, 1895
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, inscribed and dated jimao autumn Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, with a poetic inscription by the
(1939), signed by the artist, followed by one seal of the artist. artist, followed by a dedication to Weiquan, dated yiwei (1895) signed by
27 1/4 x 16 3/4in (69.2 x 42.5cm) the artist with two artist’s seals.
$4,000 - 6,000 57 x 17 3/4in (145 x 40cm)
$2,500 - 4,000
祁崑 山水 設色紙本 立軸 一九三九年作
陶纛 青綠山水 設色紙本 立軸 一八九五年作
Qi Kun was one of several artists active during the Republic period in Beijing
who continued to paint in the orthodox manner of earlier masters. The Tao Tao was a native of Suzhou but was active in Shanghai with the
timeless and idyllic image of a scholar in traditional dress seated under majority of his dated works from the last decades of the nineteenth
autumn leaves adjacent to a flowing spring stands in contrast to the century. Originally inspired by Dong Qichang (1555-1636), his later
tumultuous changes occurring in wartime China in the autumn of 1939. landscapes are influenced by the Four Rens. For a biography, see Steven
Little, ed., New Songs on Ancient Tunes, Honolulu, 2007.

It is probable that the recipient of this painting was Yang Weiquan
(b.1855), an artist also active in Shanghai at the end of the 19th century.

Provenance:
Acquired at Far East Fine Arts, San Francisco, 1993

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