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PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO COLLECTOR 8284
LIU HAISU (1896-1994)
8283 Huangshan Landscape, 1978
WANG JIQIAN (C. C. WANG, 1907-2003) Mounted for framing, ink and color on paper, titled by the artist in
Winter Landscape, 1985 running script Huanghai Qiguan followed by a date of wuwu deng
Ink and color on paper, framed and glazed, dated yichou san yue (winter, 1978), and signed Liu Haisu nian fang ba san (Liu Haisu at
shi liu ri (1985, March 16) and signed Wang Jiqian with two artist’s eight-three) with three seals of the artist reading Haiweng, Cengjing
seals reading Jiqian chuang gao and chong shu niao ji. cang hai and Liu Haisu.
26 1/2 x 17 1/2in (67.3 x 44.5cm) sight 32 1/2 x 60in (82.5 x 152.4cm)

$8,000 - 12,000 $60,000 - 80,000

鏡框 一九八五年作 鏡片 一九七八年作

Exhibited and Published
Modern Chinese painting - abstract expressions of the brush,
Warwick Arts Trust, 20 February-24 March 1985, no. 26 p. 11

Anhui’s Yellow Mountain (Huangshan) has inspired Chinese landscape
painters for centuries, entranced by its wondrous rocky spires,
expressive pines and cloud-filled gorges. Liu Haisu visited the
mountain ten times, and the dramatic views became a favorite
subject matter for his later paintings. The contrast of the brightly
splashed mineral reds and blues juxtaposed by the unpainted areas
representing the billowing clouds evinces the artist’s training in
European oil painting as well as his deep understanding of traditional
Chinese landscape painting.

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