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           PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARK S PRATT,     PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
           WASHINGTON, D.C.
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           124                                               WAN QINGLI (BORN 1945)
           SHEN MAISHI (1891-1986)                           Landscape
           LANDSCAPE, 1981                                   Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, inscribed by the artist with a
           Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, inscribed by the artist, dated   dedication and signed Xueqiao, with five artist’s seals.
           xinyou, signed Shen Maishi, with six artist’s seals.   26 3/4 x 13 3/8in (68 x 34cm)
           58 1/2 x 31 1/2in (148.6 x 80cm)
                                                             $1,500 - 2,500
           $1,500 - 2,500
                                                             萬青力 山水 設色紙本 立軸
           沈邁士 明月松間照 設色紙本 立軸 一九八一年作
                                                             Provenance:
           Provenance:                                       Gift of the artist to the present owner
           Guangzhou Ji Ya Zhai, 15 August 1987
                                                             來源:
           來源:                                               現藏家直接得贈於畫家
           廣州集雅齋,1987年8月15日
                                                             As an artist, Wan Qingli benefited from his interactions with Li Keran,
           Shen Maishi was a distant relative of Shen Yinmo (1883-1971).   Lu Yanshao, and Huang Yongyu, among others. A prolific scholar
           Although they were born a mere eight years apart, within the extended   of Chinese painting, Professor Wan Qingli taught at the University of
           Shen Family, the two were separated by four generations. There is a   Hong Kong until he retired in 2011. This painting was done in 1988,
           collaborative work by the two artists in the collection of the Seattle Art   when the artist was at the University of Kansas as a doctoral student,
           Museum.                                           and it is dedicated to a fellow classmate in the art history department.


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