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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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