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WU CHANGSHUO (1844-1927)

Lot 780
28.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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HKD 1 386 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1343890
Lot 780 | WU CHANGSHUO (1844-1927)
Estimate value
HKD 600 000 – 1 000 000
WU CHANGSHUO (1844-1927)
Flower and Calligraphy
Album of eight leaves, ink and colour on paper
Each leaf measures 24.7 x 31.3 cm. (9 ¾ x 12 3/8 in.)
Five leaves inscribed and signed, one leaf signed, with a total of ten seals of the artist
Dedicated to Xiaofang (Yan Xinhou, 1838-1906)
Nine collectors’ seals
Titleslip inscribed and signed by He Songhua (1858-1934), with one seal
Dated tenth month, xinchuo year (1901)
Three titleslips by He Songhua (1858-1934), Nishikawa Yasushi (1902- 1989) and another Japanese collector, with a total of four seals




Provenance

Previously in the collection of Kanayama Chusai (1916-2008).
Previously in the collection of Yonezawa Akihiro (1923-1982).



Literature

Correspondences and Poems of Wu Changshuo, Nigensha Co., Ltd., Jan 1970 (1st Edition); Sept 1988 (2nd Edition), pp.50-57.
Kenshin Shodo-kai Association ed., All About Wu Chang-Shih, Nigensha Co., Ltd., August 1977 (1st Edition); August 1984 (4th Edition), pp.108-109.
Selection of Chinese Caligraphy 60: Wu Changshuo, Nigensha Co. Ltd., Feb 1990, pl.68. (One leaf)
Guide to Chinese Calligraphy 60: Wu Changshuo, Nigensha Co. Ltd., Feb 1990, p.58. (One leaf)
Aoyama Keishi, Album of Calligrahy and Painting by Master Wu Changshuo, Kindai Shodo Gengyusho, June 2016, limited replica of 700 pieces.
The 40th Ugenten Kinen Album of Calligrahy and Painting by Master Wu Changshuo, Kindai Shodo Gengyusho, June 2016, limited replica of 500 pieces.



Exhibited

Tokyo, The Ueno Royal Museum, Exhibition of Wu Changshuo in Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of his Death, 15-21 May 1977.
Tokyo National Museum, Wu Changshuo’s Painting, Calligraphy and Seal Engraving: The 90th Memorial of Kutie, 2-28 January 2018.
Tokyo, Calligraphy Museum, Wu Changshuo’s Painting, Calligraphy and Seal Engraving: The 90th Memorial of Kutie, 30 January to 4 March 2018.



Further details

Yonezawa Akihiro (1923-1982) was a Japanese collector of Chinese painting and works of art. He once owned a Dong Qichang calligraphy in his collection, bearing the collector’s seals of Aoyama San’u (1912-1993), Lin Xiongguang (1897-1971), and his own. Akihiro’s sobriquet, Keisoshitsu, was inspired by Su Shi, a Song Dynasty artist and poet whom he greatly admired. Among his favorite paintings was a portrait of Su Shi by the Qing dynasty painter Gai Qi. It is rumoured that Yonezawa Akihiro had intended to acquire the renowned calligraphy by Su Shi, “The Cold Food Observance,” in Japan during the early 20th century before it was sold to Taiwan and was later acquired by the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Akihiro frequently visited Gyokusendo in Tokyo, an antique shop founded in 1818 that specialized in scholar’s objects. It was there that he met the artist Zhang Daqian, who taught him painting. Akihiro also had a close friendship with the distinguished collector Lin Xiongguang and was acquainted with the eminent American Chinese art scholar James Cahill (1926-2014).

From the same collection, a painting by Huang Shen will be offered in the Fine Chinese Classical Painting and Calligraphy auction on 27 November 2024 and a group of scholar’s objects will be offered in the Chinese Works of Art live and online auctions in Spring 2025.
Artist:Wu Changshuo (1844 - 1927)
Art style:Modern art
Auction house category:Calligraphy
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