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ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983) Collection of Lim Ying Yun (1914-2009), and thereafter by descent
Dwellings Among the Hills, 1944
Ink and color on paper, hanging scroll, inscribed with a poetic couplet, The poetic couplet inscribed by Zhang Daqian 磵水空山道，柴門老樹
dated jiashen xia (1944, summer), possibly dedicated to Liubo and 邨 is excerpted from Du Fu's poem Yiyouzi (《憶幼子》, or Thoughts
signed Daqian Zhang Yuan with two artist's seals reading Zhang Yuan of My Young Son), written while Du Fu was stranded in the capitol of
and Daqian da li. Chang'an and missing his wife and children who had fled to Luzhou
45 x 17 5/8in (114.3 x 44.8cm) after the An Lushan rebellion. Painted in 1944, when Zhang Daqian
visited Mount Emei and was dwelling intermittently in the Qingcheng
US$45,000 - 65,000 Mountains, the painting and poem may reflect Zhang's sentiments as
echoing those of the Tang poet, so much so that the artist painted an
張大千 磵水空山圖 設色紙本 立軸 一九四四年作 image of a young boy in the lower dwelling nestled in the hills.
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