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ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Lotus, 1978
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, dedicated to Beishou, dated
wuwu (1978), with six seals of the artist Dafeng tang, Zhang Yuan zhi
yin, Daqian jushi, moye jingshe, chun chang hao, and qian qian qian,
the outer titleslip inscribed by the recipient, with one seal reading
Huang Beishou Cang.
69 1/4 x 37 1/4in (176 x 94.6cm)

US$120,000 - 150,000

張大千 荷花 設色紙本 立軸 一九七八年作

Provenance
From a California Estate

來源
加利福尼亞州一遺產

Composed boldly with a dramatic interplay of large lotus leaves
rendered in gradations of ink washes and brilliant mineral blues
and greens with arching stalks and blooming flowers-- this is a fine
example of the artist’s large scale lotus compositions. Whereas the
dramatic brushstrokes that compose the leaves recall the Ming artist
Xu Wei (1521-1593), the finely delineated tips of the flowers’ petals
demonstrate Zhang Daqian’s indebtedness to Shitao (1642-1707).
Zhang Daqian began creating monumental lotus compositions in the
late 1930’s to early 1940’s while living in the Shangqing Gong Daoist
temple in Sichuan. Employing the monastery’s spacious halls to
explore this mode, large scale lotus paintings would become a theme
the artist would return to throughout his long and prolific career.

This painting is dated 1978, when Zhang Daqian was 79, and the
same year he moved into the Moye Jingshe, his final residence in
Taiwan. In the inscription, the artist dedicates the painting to Huang
Beishou, the cousin of Huang Junbi (1898-1991), a painter with whom
Zhang Daqian had a close relationship since the 1930’s. The outer
titleslip is inscribed by Huang Beishou, and impressed with his seal.

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