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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION 新英格蘭私人收藏 (LOTS 62-65)

Dr. S. Marsh Tenney (1922-2000) was an
accomplished physician, research scientist and educator
who reorganized and revitalized Dartmouth Medical
School. His fascination with China began in his youth,
as his mother owned a collection of “treasures from
the Orient” that his grandfather, Stephen Marsh,
Iowa's state attorney, received when he defended pro
bono Chinese immigrants, who at the time faced
discrimination and harassment. At Dartmouth Dr.
Tenney furthered his interest and was the only student
in the Introductory Chinese class. When it came
time to fulfll his military obligations, Dr. Tenney was
posted to China and served as the chief medical offcer
for the Navy from 1947-1949. Joined in Shanghai by
his young wife Carolyn, who worked as a nurse in a
clinic, Dr. Tenney continued to study Chinese, as well
as calligraphy. After a period of intensive study, he
began his lifelong collection of Chinese works of art.
Particularly drawn to the lively paintings of Qi Baishi,
Dr. Tenney during this period purchased examples of
the artist’s works from the renowned gallery Rongbao
zhai. In his personal memoir “Shanghai Rhapsody:
Reminiscences of People and Places 1947-1949,” Dr.
Tenney recalled: “I had a fondness for paintings by
Ch’i Pai Shih and bought several from the venerable
establishment, Pei P’ing Jung Pao Chai. The old
man had become the most famous contemporary
painter in China (the Picasso of China) and his pupils
frequently rendered paintings in his style and to which
they affxed his name. It was important in this feld
too to be certain which was which. My collection of 62
Ch’i Pai Shih has been validated by experts, so that
adventured turned out all right….”

S. Marsh Tenney（1922-2000）博士是一位傑出的醫生、科學 62
家、和教育家。他成功地重新規劃了達特茅斯醫學院。他對中國 QI BAISHI (1863-1957)
的迷戀自懵懂時便已開始，源于他母親的藏品——傳自他外祖 Butterfy and Rock
父Stephen Marsh的“東方的寶藏”。他的外祖父時任愛荷華州檢 Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
察長，在免費為受到不公歧視和騷擾的中國移民辯護時收到此 12 x 11 ¬ in (30.6 x 29.4 cm.)
份禮物。在達特茅斯學習時，Tenney博士進一步發展了他的興 Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
趣，並成中文入門班唯一的學生。於是在服兵役時，他選擇在 $15,000-30,000
美國海軍部隊擔任主席醫務官並於1947年至1949年期間駐紮在中
國。他的妻子Carolyn女士稍後也來到了上海並在診所裡擔任護 齊白石 蝴蝶 水墨紙本 鏡框
士一職。Tenney博士在上海期間，不斷學習中文和書法。學成 題識：九十歲白石。
之後，Tenney博士開始了貫穿他一生的中國藝術品收藏生涯。 鈐印：木人
他尤為喜愛齊白石的生動畫作，並在著名的畫廊榮寶齋購入數幅
佳作。他在自己的回憶錄《上海狂想曲: 回憶1947-1949年的人
和事》裡寫道: “我傾心於齊白石的畫作，並在知名的畫廊北
平榮寶齋買過幾幅。這位老人是中國最有名的當代畫家。人們稱
他’中國的畢加索’。他的弟子們時常模仿他的創作風格並加上
他的名字。有一雙可以辨別真偽的慧眼很重要。專家鑑定過並認
可了我的齊白石收藏。所以我的收藏經歷尚算順利。” Tenney
家族珍藏的瓷器及紡織品精選將於2018年3月22-23日，佳士得
中國瓷器及工藝精品拍賣中拍出，編號62-65。

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