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LI YAN (BORN 1943)
Monkey, 1978
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, inscribed by the artist and
dated wuwu and signed Yan with four artist’s seals.
26 1/2 x 13 3/8in (67.3 x 33.9cm)

$1,000 - 1,500

李燕 覓食圖 設色紙本 立軸 一九七八年作
Provenance
Liu Imports, New York, December 2000

來源
Liu Imports，紐約，2000年12月

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL GALLIS
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DING YANYONG (1902-1978)
One-Stroke Cat, 1978
Hanging scroll, ink on paper, inscribed by the artist and dated wuwu,
and signed Ding Yanyong, followed by two artist’s seals ding shi, and a
pictogram seal.
37 5/8 x 18 3/8in (95.5 x 46.6cm) 214

$7,000 - 10,000

丁衍庸 一筆貓 水墨紙本 立軸 一九七八年作
Provenance
Yip Collection, San Francisco, California, August 1979

Published
Gallis, Michael and Ma Xinle, Michael Gallis Collection of Chinese
Paintings Maike Gailesi Zhongguo hua shoucang: yige Xifang xuezhe
de Zhonghua wenhua zhilu, Tianjin Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 2019,
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pp.230-231

Exhibited
Charlotte Collects, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1987

來源
Yip Collection, 舊金山，1979年8月
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230-231

展覽
Charlotte Collects, The Mint Museum, 北卡羅來納州夏洛特, 1987年

Conceived from a single, continuous brushstroke beginning with the
feline’s tail and ending at his chin, the cat has a remarkable sense
of form and energy, despite the absence of most defining details.
Although void of surroundings and setting, the cat is complimented by
two lines of the artist’s poetry, the ropey brushstrokes echoing the cat’s
energetic mood. One-stroke paintings became a prevalent subject
matter in Ding Yanyong’s final years, and a second one-stroke cat, also
dated 1978 and formerly in the collection of the artist’s daughter was
sold at Christie’s, Hong Kong, 1 June 2015, lot 1317. 215

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