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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROLF ALFRED STEIN (1911-1999)
著名學者石泰安（1911-1999）舊藏

[LOTS 46 and 142]

R olf A. Stein (1911-1999) was a distinguished scholar,

one of many interests and talents bridging over di erent
cultures from those of the Chinese and the Japanese to that
of the Tibetans. The breath of his scholarly achievements
range from reference works on the Epic of King Gesar to
studies on the iconography of Avalokiteshvara. A longtime
member of the French School of the Far East (EFEO), he
was also chair of Chinese studies and professor at Collège
de France from 1966-1981. Stein was a researcher in
Beijing from 1946 to early 1948.

46 Rolf Alfred Stein in Yunnan circa 1947.

QI BAISHI (1863-1957) Rolf Alfred Stein with a Tibetan professor, in
CRABES, ENCRE SUR PAPIER Kangding in 1949.

Peinture en rouleau.
Dédicacé à “Monsieur Tai’an”, signé par l’artiste et daté de l’année
dinghai (1947), avec deux cachets de l’artiste.
Dimensions : 33.5 x 102 cm. (13º x 40¿ in.)

€40,000-60,000 $44,000-66,000
£34,000-51,000

PROVENANCE

Collection of Rolf Alfred Stein (1911-1999), acquired directly from the
artist in Beijing in 1947 and thence by descent in the family.

QI BAISHI (1863-1957)
CRABS, INK ON PAPER

齊白石 群蟹 水墨紙本 立軸

題識：泰安先生清屬丁亥八十七歲白石寫生

鈐印：白石翁、年高身健不肯做神仙

來源：著名學者石泰安（Rolf Alfred Stein 1911-1999）舊藏，於1947年
直接購於北京齊白石畫室，現由家族傳承

Qi Baishi was a master in capturing the liveliness of small things in his
xieyi-styled ink paintings. Crabs were a subject he painted often and
knew well. The animals are rendered beautifully with lightness and
simplicity that o ered abstraction but enough realism to suggest the
pleasures nature can o er.

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