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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR The main section of the calligraphy reads gao shan liu shui,
which can be translated as ‘as high as the mountains and as
n374 vast as the fowing waters’.
TONG YANGTZE (GRACE TONG, BORN 1942)
CALLIGRAPHY Born in Shanghai in 1942, Tong Yangtze began practising
calligraphy at the early age of eight, when she was taught by
Mounted and framed, ink on paper her father. She received her BFA from the National Taiwan
Executed in 2000 Normal University and, later, her MFA of oil painting and
54 º x 98 Ω in (138 x 250 cm) ceramics from the University of Massachusetts. As a renowned
calligrapher, Tong is known for innovating her bold and
£15,000-25,000 $19,000-31,000 expressive cursive style that bridges towards abstraction while
still remaining decipherable to the poetic content.
€18,000-29,000

PROVENANCE

With Michael Goedhuis, London, acquired circa 2000.

董陽孜 高山流水 水墨紙本 鏡框
來源: 倫敦MICHAEL GOEDHUIS畫廊, 於約2000年購入

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