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LUI SHOU KWAN (LÜ SHOUKUN, 1919-1975)
Zen

Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink and colour on paper
150.5 x 82.5 cm. (59 º x 32 Ω in.)
Executed in 1969

PROVENANCE

Acquired directly from the artist, thence by descent
From the collection of the artist’s daughter, the Lui Chin Ling Collection

HK$450,000-650,000
US$58,000-84,000

呂 壽 琨（1 9 1 9 -1 9 7 5）
襌
設色 紙本 鏡框
1969年作

鈐印

呂、壽琨之印、自誠明（二次）、肖形印（虎）

鑑藏印

梅倩萍藏、呂展靈藏

來源

直接得自藝術家，由家族傳承
藝術家女兒呂展靈收藏

Often recognised in the form of a rounded triangular red dot, Lui’s lotus 呂壽琨的禪畫，常以紅點代表蓮花，以達到畫面中抽象的表現。《禪》
flower in Zen appears in an extraordinarily and rarely seen figurative 中荷花的形象，則罕有地以相對具象的橘黃色勾勒出來，畫並無落款或
manner, its petals shining in bright hue of saffron. Like many of Lui’s great 日期，而以簡單鈐印交代。《禪》為濕筆作品的代表作。畫面上筆墨流動、
Zen paintings, this work is not signed nor dated, and is marked only with 透明、極具活力，皆因畫家自由地將水灑於紙上，以稀釋墨汁、顏色，
a few of Lui’s seals. Zen is an exemplary example of Lui’s wet style, where 展現獨特的質感。雖然禪畫有不同的面目，但總是以蓮花為主題，象征
he sprinkled water drops and diluted ink and colour on the surface of the 佛家永恆、純潔與佛性。呂壽琨的濕筆作品筆觸雄渾有力，具有極強的
painting in an unrestrained manner. Lui’s abstract Zen paintings always 表現力，將藝術家的內心世界表現得淋漓盡致。畫筆蘸水、墨後，以不
represent a universal theme – the lotus, which symbolises eternity, purity 同的筆觸落於紙上，橘黃色的蓮花花瓣、水中的倒影與荷塘在墨氣的融
and Buddhahood. His wet style painting is complex, transparent and 合下貫通為一體，讓觀者深思呂壽琨終身追求的禪意。
fervently energetic; it expresses the artist’s emotion at its most complex.
With diluted ink applied in various types of brushstrokes, the orange lotus
petals and their reflection scattered in the horizon and unite the lotus, its
leaves, and the lotus pond into one expression, which welcomes viewers to
meditate upon Lui’s lifelong pursuit of Zen.

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