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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
MICHAEL GALLIS
213
LU YANSHAO (1909-1993)
Plum Blossoms, 1977
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, inscribed
with a dedication by the artist and dated 1977,
signed Lu Yanshao, followed by two artist’s seals
Lu yin and Yanshao.
26 3/8 x 17 23/32in (70 x 45cm)
$10,000 - 15,000

陸儼少 梅花 設色紙本 立軸 一九七七年作

Provenance
Shanghai International Commodity Auction Co.,
Ltd., 20 July 2003, lot 90
Published
Gallis, Michael and Ma Xinle, Maike Gailesi
Zhongguo hua shoucang: yige Xifang xuezhe de
Zhonghua wenhua zhilü, Tianjin Renmin Meishu
Chubanshe, 2019, pp.262-263
Dai, Tony, Modern Chinese paintings &
Calligraphy from important private collections
overseas(I), New York, 2012, plate 16
來源
上海國際商品拍賣有限公司，2003年7月20日，
拍品編號90
出版
馬欣樂主編，《邁克·蓋勒斯中國畫收藏：一個
西方學者的中華文化之旅》，天津人民美術出版
社，2019年，頁262-263
Dai, Tony, Modern Chinese paintings &
Calligraphy from important private collections
overseas(I), 2012年, 圖版16
Although Lu Yanshao learned in a traditional
manner by studying painting with Feng Chaoran
(1882-1954) and copying Ming and Qing
artists, as can be well seen here, he developed
a unique style that employed bold brushwork
and an energetic, almost jittery, style. In this
painting, which was made in 1977 shortly after
Lu Yanshao was able to resume painting after
the Cultural Revolution, his fully mature style has
emerged. In this rare floral composition, the
artist contrasts the angularity of the rock and
bark with the delicate and carefully controlled
petals of the cherry blossoms.

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