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PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN 英國私人收藏 (LOT 1066)

1066
QI BAISHI (1863-1957)
Wisteria and Bees
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
99.5 x 34 cm. (39 ¿ x 13 ¡ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated autumn, wuzi year (1948)
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Qi Baishi’s painting exhibition in Foyles Art Gallery
London, mid-1950s.
Alun Falconer (1923-1973), thence by descent.
NOTE:
Alun Falconer (1923-1973) was an established documentary filmmaker
from New Zealand who co-founded the Pacific Film Unit. He left New
Zealand for Shanghai in 1948 to witness, first-hand, the events unfolding
in the city, and to make a film about the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives
(CIC) and the work of Rewi Alley with Song Ching-Ling. Falconer also
worked both as a journalist in Shanghai and Assistant Editor at the China
Weekly Review. In 1950, he left China to live in the United Kingdom,
publishing a book about New China the same year, with an introduction
by Joseph Needham. Falconer was a member of the Britain-China
Friendship Association which organized Exhibition of Paintings by Ch’i
Pai-Shih held at Foyles Art Gallery in London in the mid-1950s. Falconer
went on to have a successful career as a film screenwriter in the UK but
the years he spent in China had an indelible effect on the young man. He
remained interested and closely engaged with China for the rest of his life.
HK$700,000-900,000 US$91,000-120,000

齊白石 紫藤蜜蜂 設色紙本 立軸 一九四八年作
題識：戊子（1948年）秋，八十八歲老人白石。
鈐印：借山老人、吾年八十八
來源： 購自倫敦齊白石畫展，倫敦Foyles畫廊，1950年代中期；
Alun Falconer（1923-1973），並由家族承傳。
註：Alun Falconer（1923-1973）是來自新西蘭的著名電影紀錄片製作
人，亦是太平洋電影公司的合夥創始人。他於1948年自新西蘭前往上
海，製作一部影片來反映中國工合國際委員會（CIC）的工作，包括路
易·艾黎與宋慶齡之間的合作。Falconer在上海亦擔任《密勒氏評論報》
的助理編輯。他於1950年離開中國，前往英國定居，同年出版關於中國
的著作，本書由李約瑟作序。Falconer在英國亦成為成功的電影劇本作
家，但是在中國的經歷對他產生深遠影響，餘生對中國事務保持了極大
的興趣。他同李約瑟同為“中國友好協會”的會員，並一起策劃了1953
年於倫敦Foyles舉辦的齊白石展覽。

Fig.1. New China – Fig.2. Booklet of Qi Baishi Fig.3. Alun Falconer (far left) and
Friend of Foe? By painting exhibition at friends, outside Shanghai, 1949
Alun Falconer Foyles, London, mid-1950s 圖3. Alun Falconer（左）與朋友在
圖1. Alun 圖2. 1950年代中期倫敦 上海城外，1949年
Falconer著作 Foyles舉辦齊白石展覽之
《新中國：朋友還 圖冊
是敵人？》
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