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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF
JOHN M. KAUFFMANN, YARMOUTH, MAINE
LOTS 8155-8156
John Michael Kauffmann is considered one of this country’s leading conservation pioneers. 8155
His twenty years of work for the National Park Service resulted in the protection of huge tracts SHAO MI (CIRCA 1594-1642)
of land in Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio and Alaska - including both the Gates of the Arctic Landscape Album
National Park and the Noatak National Preserve which, combined, form one of the world’s Album of eight leaves, ink or ink and light
largest areas of designated wilderness. color on silk, each leaf inscribed by the artist
in clerical script, followed by an artist’s seal
John was born in Champagne, Illinois but grew up in Washington, D.C. He summered in reading either Shao Mi, Zengmi, the final
Stark, New Hampshire where again, he quietly protected thousands of acres of land, a leaf signed Shao Mi with one collector’s seal
portion of which is now known as the Kauffmann Forest. He was also instrumental in saving reading lin sheng xin shang.(8)
thousands of additional New Hampshire acres which were put under the protection of the 10 x 6 3/4in (25 x 17.1cm) each leaf
New Hampshire Forest Society. $40,000 - 60,000
John authored numerous articles and several books, most notably Flow East: A Look at our 邵彌 山水畫冊 水墨/設色絹本 冊頁八開
North Atlantic Rivers, 1973, and Alaska’s Brooks Range: The Ultimate Mountains, 2005.
Provenance
John’s other great passion was collecting. He started at an early age, when he joined Purchased from C.T. Loo, February 16th, 1961
his mother in her travels across Europe and the United States. Later, as a Courier for the
Diplomatic Service in the 1940’s, his acquisitions varied yet complimented his diverse interests
as well as his engagement with the environment.
John’s legacy in conservation and the environment continues today, with all proceeds from the
sale of his collection intended to benefit not-for-profit conservation organizations.
約翰．麥克．考夫曼被認為是美國環境保護的先驅之一。在其為國家公園系統服務的二十年
間，他保護了馬裡蘭，馬賽諸塞，俄亥俄以及阿拉斯加大面積的土地。其中包括了北極之門
國家公園以及諾阿塔克國家保護區，而此兩者共同構成了世界上最大面積的保護野生區域。
約翰．考夫曼出生於伊利諾伊州的香檳鎮，在華盛頓特區長大。他在新罕布希爾州斯塔克度
夏時，悄悄保護起了數千英畝的土地，而其中一部份被人們稱為考夫曼森林。他也指導人們
建立了新罕布希爾森林歇會，保護了另外數千英畝的新罕布希爾州土地。
約翰．考夫曼撰寫了大量的文章和數部專著，尤以1973年出版的《東流：北大西洋河流一
覽》以及2005年出版的《布魯克斯山脈：終極之山》最為聞名。
約翰．考夫曼的另一大激情在於收藏。在他早年和母親橫跨歐洲和美國的旅行中即開始了收
藏生涯。後來在20世紀40年代，作為外交部門信使的他，入藏大量藏品增益擴充了他豐富的
興趣和對環境保護的熱忱。
約翰．考夫曼對環境保護的貢獻亦將延續至今。此次其藏品的拍賣所得將用於資助環境保護
的非營利性組織。
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