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8155 (detail)

Property Formerly in the Collection of Dr. J. T. Lou (陸潤之)
8155
Zhang Daqian (1899-1983)
Self Portrait, The Return of My Sight, 1964
Hanging scroll, mounted for framing, ink and color on paper, with a long inscription by the artist,
dated jiachen duanwu (1964) and signed Daqian Zhang Yuan with two seals of the artist reading
Zhang Daqian Changxing Daji You Rili and Zhang Yuan Changshou.
50 1/2 x 26in (127 x 66cm)
$150,000 - 220,000

張大千 還我讀書眼 設色紙本 鏡片 一九六四年作

還我讀書眼
予以目眚，乞方瀛表而術，歲窮比返芳洲。潤之醫宗爲施妙技，鍼錍並進，日起有功，復明之望
可期。感□之餘，因作斯圖，並録山谷舊句爲贈，不足酬高誼萬一也。

鈐印： 張大千長幸大吉又日利，張爰長壽
This painting, created by the artist for Dr. J. T. Lou in gratitude for Lou’s ophthalmological
treatments, represents a particularly fascinating record of Zhang Daqian’s long struggle with
eyesight problems, a serious issue for any visual artist, especially one of his stature.
Provenance:
Given by the artist to Dr. J. T. Lou (陸潤之), Hong Kong, and thence by descent

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