QI BAISHI (1863-1957)

Lot 1075
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ID 1222560
Lot 1075 | QI BAISHI (1863-1957)
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HKD 2 000 000 – 3 000 000
QI BAISHI (1863-1957)
Dragonfly Fly over Lotus Pond
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
110.8 x 33.3 cm. (43 5/8 x 13 1/8 in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist




Literature

Fang-Yu Wang & Kai-Yu Hsu, Ch’I Pai-Shih’s Paintings, Art Book Co., Ltd., Taipei, May 1979, p.62, pl. 22.
The Collected Works of Qi Baishi Volume IV, Hunan Fine Art Publishing House, October 1996, p.192; pl.175.



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The esteemed scholar, collector, and artist Wang Fangyu (1913-1997), born in Beijing, began training in calligraphy from a young age. He had an illustrious academic career in the United States, where he was professor of Chinese language and literature at Yale and later Seton Hall University. United by a shared passion for art and connoisseurship, Wang forged a close friendship with Zhang Daqian. Together with his wife Sum Wai (1918-1996), Wang meticulously assembled the largest and most significant private collection of Bada Shanren’s works. This unparalleled collection served as the cornerstone for Wang Fangyu’s pioneering scholarship, establishing him as a foremost authority on Bada Shanren today. His co-authored monograph on Qi Baishi in 1979, alongside Hsu Kai-yu, remains a seminal work in the field. Wang’s own abstract calligraphy exudes dynamism and poetry, injecting fresh vitality into the tradition of calligraphy.
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