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NING FUCHENG (1897–1966)
The Four Gentlemen, 1957-1958
A set of four paintings framed and glazed,
ink and color on paper, each inscribed by the
artist and signed Fucheng, with several artist’s
seals. (4)
Painting: 41 1/2 × 21 1/2in (105.4 × 54.6cm)
Frame: 52 × 31 5/8in (132.1 × 80.3cm)
$2,500 - 4,000

寧斧成（1897-1966） 四君子 水墨紙本 鏡框
四屏 一九五七至一九五八年作

其一：梅
款識： 墨作鐵漢，寧此耐寒枝。幹誤漢，
丁酉（1957）冬月，老腐。
鈐印：一九五七年、老腐、寧二、腐翁金
石、斧成六十後作、腐翁書畫

其二：蘭
款識：早浴泉石裡，出討識奇芳。辛苦披榛
得，方知是國香。一九五八年夏，老腐。
鈐印：老腐、寧二、行易知難

其三：竹
款識：怪石本古色，叢篁蒼玉枝。戊戌
（1958）孟春，老腐作於今吾草堂。
鈐印：一九五八年、老腐、寧二、大膽無恥

其四：菊
款識：陶令歸時徑未荒，魏公老去節彌芳。
華前永有千秋在，持比南山壽更長。戊戌
（1958）三月，老腐。
鈐印：老腐、寧二大年、百花齊放百家爭鳴
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No
Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Provenance:
Li Luwei, New York, 4 March 1988
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and
Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 1634
Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
2015-present

來源：
紐約李露薇，1988 年 3 月 4 日
佛羅倫斯 (1920-2018) 及赫伯特·歐雲 (1917-
2016) 伉儷（Florence and Herbert Irving）舊
藏，藏品編號 1634
歐雲伉儷贈，2015年
大都會藝術博物館，2015 年迄今
Originating from Haicheng, Liaoning Province,
Ning Fucheng (1897-1966) relocated to
Beijing in his 40s and established himself as
a professional artist. His mastery of the four
literati arts—poetry, calligraphy, painting, and
seal carving—is epitomized in the set of four
paintings included in the present lot.

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