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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD H.S. CHAO
(LOTS 102-113)
趙浩生珍藏
Born in Xixian, Henan province, Howard H.S. Chao (1920-2012) was a well-
known journalist in China and Japan. After he moved to the United States in
1952, he taught Chinese at Yale University and authored several books and a
syndicated news column. During his trips to China, Professor Chao frequently
visited artists, including Wu Zuoren, Mao Dun, Ai Qing and Han Meilin, whom
he had befriended. Several artists called on him, in turn, when they traveled to
the U.S.
出生在河南息縣的趙浩生(1920-2012)曾是一位在中國和日本知名的記
者。一九五二年他移民至美國,之後曾在耶魯大學教學中文,
并撰寫了數本書籍以及一個新聞專欄。在他多次旅遊中國的路途中,
趙教授時常拜訪畫家同時也結成朋友, 包括吳作人,茅盾,艾青,
和韓美林。當這些畫家來美國的時候,他們也會去拜訪趙教授。
(from left) Mao Dun and Howard H.S. Chao
(左起)茅盾與趙浩生
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MAO DUN (1896-1981)
Calligraphy in Running Script
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
32 √ x 11 º in. (83.5 x 28.6 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated ffth month, 1978
Dedicated to Haosheng (Professor Howard H.S. Chao)
$7,000-14,000
茅盾 行書書法 水墨紙本 立軸 一九七八年作
題識:呼風喚雨尋常事,锥指管窺天地寬。莫道科技関險阻,神
州九億競登攀。祝全國科技大會勝利召開。浩生教授兩正。茅盾
一九七八年五月於北京。
鈐印:沈雁冰、茅盾
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