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WU BAIRU (B. 1948) 傳承： The True Story of Ah Q is a novella by Lu Xun (1881-1936) published 鈐印：十髮
Portrait of Huai Su 悉尼 Peter Elliott 醫生收藏 in 1922. Throughout the 20th century, it occupies a special status in
Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll 悉尼私人收藏 literature and politics in China due to its criticism of Chinese national 畫筒題簽：程十髮阿Q圖。林延齡題。鈐印：延齡
Titled, inscribed, and signed Wu Bairu, with one seal of the artist character, guomin xing. In 1961, Cheng Shifa was commissioned
101.0 x 50.5cm 77 by the Yangcheng Evening News to recreate the novella into 108 傳承：
CHENG SHIFA (1921-2007) sequential drawings for children. In 1981, the children's book was 墨爾本林延齡醫生珍藏，一九八七年程十髮造訪墨爾本期間由友人介
$800 - 1,200 Portrait of Ah Q republished in commemorating the Centennial Celebration of Lu Xun's 紹識得程十發，交往甚密，此畫便由此而來
Provenance: Ink and colour on paper, mounted for framing Birth. This illustration of Ah Q is an imagination of the protagonist
Collection of Dr Peter Elliott, Sydney Inscribed and signed 'old friend of Ah Q', with one seal of the artist in the modern era. Signed as 'the old friend of Ah Q', the artist 1961年程十發應羊城晚報之約，繪制彩墨連環畫《阿Ｑ正傳一〇八
Private collection, Sydney Dated spring of 1987 humorously relates himself to the subject, as well as contemplates the 圖》。二十年後為慶祝魯迅先生百年誕辰，程為該連環畫再版重題後
68.0 x 45.0 passage of time whilst revisiting an old artistic theme from a bygone 記時，自承二十年前覺得「阿Ｑ是阿Ｑ，自己是自己」，而經歷了
吳佰如 懷素悟書 設色紙本 立軸 $30,000 - 40,000 era. 「這不平常的二十年」後，畫家才領會到阿Ｑ與他「並不太遠」。乃
至1987年赴澳大利亞訪問講學時，竟以「阿Ｑ的老朋友」属名為阿Ｑ
款識：懷素悟書。筆下唯覺激電流，字成恐畏盤龍走。活水流主，吳 Provenance: 程十髮 阿Q近影 設色紙本 鏡心 一九八七年作 再度立像，乃是畫家不可多得的心情寫照。畫中的阿Ｑ經過時代的變
佰如。 Collection of Prof. Lim Yean Leng, Melbourne, acquired directly from 遷，「榮任」經理，打領帶登皮鞋，一手端咖啡，一手夾卷煙，昂首
鈐印：吳佰如 the artist in 1987 when he visited Melbourne 款識：趙經理阿Q先生近影。阿Q的老朋友敬畫。一九八七年春。 翹腳，目中無人，而腦後的辮子卻又長回來了，也還仍舊姓趙。辦公
桌前相架中的女人，不知是否仍是吳媽？

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