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QI KUN, PAVILION BY THE RIVER,
INK AN COLOR ON PAPER, FAN LEAF, 202
FRAMED
signed Qi Kun, dated gengchen (1940) and with
three seals of the artist
Height 6⅞ in., 17.5 cm; Width 20 in., 50.8 cm
PROVENANCE
China 2000 Fine Art, New York, 1999. 201 202

EXHIBITED ANONYMOUS (QING DYNASTY), AN HE (AN HO), COMING ASHORE, in Chinese painting, becoming proficient in
Ink/Stone, Fairfield University Art Museum, INTIMATE SCENE, INK ON PAPER, INK AND COLOR ON SILK, FRAMED both Tang and Song dynasty techniques –
Fairfield, 2022, cat. no. 9. HANGING SCROLL signed An He and with two seals of the artist the pinnacle of Chinese art. Her dream-like
Height 14⅛ in., 36 cm; Width 13⅝ in., 34.5 cm landscape paintings are a pure and tranquil
$ 3,000-6,000 Height 11⅜ in., 29 cm; Width 8⅝ in., 22 cm expression of the universe, scaled down to terms
PROVENANCE comfortable for the human eye. Along with her
$ 3,000-5,000 superb manipulation of color, her art invites us
L.J. Wender Fine Chinese Paintings, New York,
祁崑 秋日茆屋圖 設色紙本 扇面 5th December 1996. to take pleasure in the finer beauties in nature
鏡框 佚名(清) 閨中韻事 水墨紙本 EXHIBITED and better appreciate our place in the world.
釋文： 立軸 Ink/Stone, Fairfield University Art Museum, $ 3,000-6,000
白雲鎖空巌， Fairfield, 2022, cat. no. 8.
丹楓映茆屋。
何當卸塵囂， An Ho was born in 1927 in Beijing, China. 安和 上岸圖 設色絹本 鏡框
東此山中宿。 Her father was the chief editor of several 款識：
庚辰初秋，性存仁兄雅屬。井西居士，祁崑。 newspapers and her mother, a painter of 安和。
flowers. In 1944, An Ho was introduced to Pu Ru
鈐印： in Nanjing and began receiving critical acclaim 鈐印：
荒寒、祁昆之印、井西 for her work in 1952, most notably becoming the 安、和
first woman artist to be given a solo exhibition
來源 at Taiwan’s National Historical Museum. 來源
文良畫廊，紐約，1999年 文良畫廊，紐約
Considered Pu Ru’s finest student, studying
201 展覽 under his guidance for seventeen years, An Ho 展覽
《Ink/Stone》，費爾菲爾德大學藝術館， was able to establish a strong foundation 《Ink/Stone》，費爾菲爾德大學藝術博物
費爾菲爾德，2022年，編號9 館，費爾菲爾德，2022年，編號8

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