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FROM THE FAMILY COLLECTION OF MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT H. SOULE 美國陸軍少將羅伯特·H·索爾家族珍藏 (LOT 1124)

1124
XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
Standing Horse
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
103 x 53.2 cm. (40 Ω x 21 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the
artist
Dated winter solstice, thirty-first year (of the
Republic, 1942)
NOTE:
Born in Wyoming, Major General Robert
H. Soule (1900-1952) was a senior officer
in the United States Army and a key
player in the military history of China in
the 1940s. A keen student of Chinese and
Russian languages and an avid horseman,
Soule began serving in Asia in 1918 and
was stationed in Beiping for four years.
He was appointed the Military Attaché to
the Republic of China in Nanjing from
1947 to 1950. During his time in Nanjing,
he became acquainted with many artists,
including the art historian and educator Qin
Xuanfu (1906-1998), who was a professor
at Nanjing University at the time and
studied with Xu Beihong in France in the
1930s. Acquired in China, this painting has
remained in General Soule’s family for over
seven decades.

HK$1,500,000-3,000,000
US$200,000-390,000

徐悲鴻 立馬 設色紙本 立軸
一九四二年作
題識： 卅一年（1942）冬至，
悲鴻渝州遣興。
鈐印：東海王孫
註：羅伯特·H·索爾（1900-1952），又
譯蘇樂，出生於美國西部懷俄明州，美國陸
軍二星少將，自1918年起多次駐亞洲。1920
年代末駐北平，學習中文及俄文，1947年至
1950年居南京寧海路54號，任美國駐華大使
館武官。在南京時結識眾多藝術家，尤其與
當時任南京大學藝術系教授的秦宣夫熟稔。
索爾來自美國西部，酷愛馬術，得此畫作後
珍而重之。索爾少將去世後，作品由家族悉
心寶藏七十逾年，從未公開展出。

1124
General Soule (second from left)
meeting Chiang Kai-shek
索爾少將（左二）拜會蔣介石
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