ID 1343790
Lot 730 | HUANG BINHONG (1864-1955)
Estimate value
HKD 1 000 000 – 2 000 000
Verdant Mountains
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
59.5 x 47 cm. (23 3/8 x 18 ½ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated jichou year (1949)
Dedicated to Baoxi (Mr Wong Pao-hsie)
NOTE:
Wong Pao-hsie (1907-1979), Harold Wong’s father, was a native of Shanghai and an anthropologist trained at Sorbonne in Paris. In 1948, Wong relocated from Shanghai to Hong Kong with his family. He was a dedicated collector and a member of the Min Chiu Society. Wong assembled a remarkable collection of classical paintings and calligraphy, with a particular emphasis on his collection of calligraphic couplets. His collection, Lok Tsai Hsien, holds high esteem among collectors and scholars alike. In 1967, he published Lok Tsai Hsien Collection of Chinese Paintings: Volume One Ming Dynasty, followed by Lok Tsai Hsien Collection of Calligraphy in Couplets in 1972. The Wong family had close ties with numerous artists, including Zhang Daqian. The present lot, dedicated by Huang Binhong to Wong Pao-hsie, possibly served as a keepsake to symbolize Wong’s departure from Shanghai.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, thence by descent.
Literature
From Protégé to Master - The Chinese Painting Collection of Harold Wong, Christie’s Hong Kong, May 2024, pp. 166-167.
Exhibited
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, From Protégé to Master – The Chinese Painting Collection of Harold Wong, 25 – 30 May 2024.
| Artist: | Huang Binhong (1865 - 1955) |
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| Artist: | Huang Binhong (1865 - 1955) |
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