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252 Provenance: an English family collection of Lin Fengmian paintings;
Attributed to Lin Fengmian (1900-1991), unsigned according to the family, the mother studied for a period with Lin
Five paintings of birds Fengmian in Shanghai and during this time acquired the signed paintings
Watercolour on paper, comprising: one of a single black bird in flight; as well as collected unsigned paintings by him painted during the
one of a green-billed crested bird perched on bamboo; one of a pair of classes.
green-billed birds huddled together; one of a crane in flight over grasses;
and one of a red-capped crane standing beside grasses. 來源：英國家族收藏林風眠系列作品；根據家族之說法，其母親曾在上
Each 33.5cm (13¼in) square (5). 海受教於林風眠，並在同時期購得林風眠有署名的作品以及收藏了其授
£8,000 - 12,000 課時沒有署名的畫作
HK$94,000 - 140,000 CNY75,000 - 110,000
In these paintings, Lin Fengmian is able to capture the elegant simplicity
傳林風眠(1900-1991) 鳥(五幀) 設色紙本 of birds in flight and various poses with effortless skill with his brush.

Compare a signed painting by Lin Fengmian of a crane by grasses; and
another signed painting of an owl perched on a horizontal branch;
both similar in composition and style to paintings sold in this lot, which
sold at Christie’s Hong Kong on 29 November 2009, lots 542 and 563
respectively.

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