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WANG XUETAO (1903-1982) Provenance
Vegetable, Fruit and Sea Life, 1950 Bonhams New York, 9 September 2019, lot 937
Mounted for framing, ink and color on paper, inscribed by the artist
noting the painting was produced for Huabei Wuzi Jiaoliu Zhan, dated 來源
gengyin, and signed Xuetao, with two artist’s seals reading Wang 邦瀚斯紐約,2019年9月9日,拍品編號937
Xuetao yin and Wulou Shanzhuang.
36 x 69in (91.5 x 175.2cm) According to the inscription by the artist, the painting was created for
the North China Agriculture Fair (華北物資交流展覽會). The Chinese
$30,000 - 50,000 government sponsored several agriculture fairs from 1950 to 1952 in
Tianjin and other cities. The purpose of these fairs was to encourage
trade between urban centers and rural regions to stimulate the post-
王雪濤 瓜果蔬菜水產圖 設色紙本 鏡片 war economic recovery. This large size work exemplified a range of
products, from vegetables to seafood, typical of the goods selling at
an agriculture fair.
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