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“gAllOPINg hORse”, by Xu beIhONg (1895-1953)

Ink and color on paper, hanging scroll. Signed Beihong, with one seal
of the artist and two collector’s seals. Dated renwu year (1942).

Provenance: The personal
collection of Li Yanshan (1898-
1961), and thence by descent.
Collector’s seal “yanshan
suocang shuhuayin” applied to
scroll border. Li yanshan was
a renowned Chinese painter,
calligraphist, poet, art educator
and Chinese art connoisseur.
He was hailed as a master of
Guohua landscape painting.
condition: Superb condition
with only minor stains. li Yanshan (1898-1961)

Dimensions: 67 x 55 cm (the painting) and 195 x 63 cm (the scroll)
Xu Beihong is primarily known for his ink paintings of horses. He was one
of the first Chinese artists to articulate the need for artistic expressions
that reflected a modern China at the beginning of the 20th century. He is
regarded as one of the four most important pioneers of Chinese modern
art.
AucTION ResulT
cOMPARIsON
Compare with a closely related
standing horse of 56 x 38 cm from
1943 at Bonham’s Hong Kong
in Fine Chinese Paintings and
Southeast Asian Art, 27 Nov 2017,
lot 188, sold for HKD $2,250,000.

Note the closely related
execution of the background
grass and the white highlighting
to the head of the horse.

《奔馬》，徐悲鴻 (1895-1953)
紙本設色，挂軸。簽“悲鴻”，一個藝術家鈴印，兩個收藏印。壬午年 (1942)。
來源：李研山（1898-1961）個人收藏，保存至今。軸上可見藏家印鑒“研山收藏書
畫印”。李研山曾是一位著名中國畫家、書法家、詩人、美術教育家以及書畫文物鑒
定傢，被譽爲中國山水國畫大師。
品相：品相極好，僅輕微污漬。
尺寸：畫面67 x 55 厘米，挂軸195 x 63 厘米
拍賣結果比較：一件相似《馬》 56 x 38 厘米 （1943年）于香港邦翰思《中國繪畫與
東南亞藝術》2017年11月27日拍號 188，成交價HKD $2,250,000。
estimate euR 20.000,-
Starting price EUr 10.000,-

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