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154 | BONHAMS ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
The Masterworks of Chang Dai-chien, 1974-1975
A suite of six original color lithographs on paper, the subjects including
Homeward Passing Through the Stone Gate at Dusk, Cinnabar Lotus,
Mountain Monastery by the Waterfall, Peonies, Shrike Amidst the
Autumn Leaves and Hanging Gibbon Over an Autumn Stream; each
dated jiayin (1974), signed on the stone Yuanweng with one to three
artist’s seals reading Daqian weiyin danian, Huanbi An and Sanqian
Daqian, and by the artist in pencil Dai C. Chang, together with the
edition number 64/125 written in pencil, the embossed publisher’s
seal ‘ep,’ on each sheet, the six sheets in the original portfolio, with
introduction by Michael Sullivan and end paper.
29 1/4 x 20 3/4in (74.5 x 52.5cm), the largest print

$5,000 - 7,000

大 石刻 畫一 石印 六 一九七四 一九七五年作

This suite of six was the second series of lithographs published
between October 1974 and March 1975 by Editions Press of
San Francisco. A set from the same series is reproduced in Michael
Sullivan Modern Chinese Art, The Khoan and Michael Sullivan
Collection, Oxford, 2001, p. 154 (one illustrated). It is rare for the
complete suite of six lithographs to be offered at auction with the
original portfolio and introduction.