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Materials:
A set of eight leaves, mounted and framed, ink or ink and colour on silk
Size Notes:
26 x 27 cm; 27 x 27.5 cm; 24.5 x 26.5 cm.; 28 x 26 cm; 22.5 x 23 cm.; 23 x 22 cm; 24 x 23.5 cm.
Description:
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Markings:
1. Four collectors' seals including two of Qiu Ying (ca.1495-1552) and two of Huang Junbi (1898-1991); 2. One artist's seal; Four collectors' seals including one of Huang Junbi and one of Ye Shutian (19th century); 3. Three collectors' seals including one of Qiu Ying and two of Huang Junbi; 4. Five collectors' seals including one of Huang Junbi; 5. One artist's seal (half seal); Three collectors' seals including one of Huang Junbi; 6. One illegible seal Two collector's seals of Huang Junbi; 7. Four collector's seals of Huang Junbi; 8. Eight collectors' seals
Condition:
Note: This collection of album leaves from the Song and Yuan dynasties was treasured by the artist Huang Junbi (1898-1991) for sixty years, and he only parted with it at the very end of his life, when the present owner purchased it from him. The paintings are included in the catalogue of his personal collection (Bai Yun Tang Cang Hua). In keeping with the traditional method of art education, Huang Junbi copied leaves from this album in order to understand fully the styles of ancient masters-an example is recorded in The Paintings of Huang Chun-pi (Taipei: Art Book Co., Ltd, 1987, nos. 141 and 142). These images also served as a source of inspiration for the artist. For example, in a painting by Huang made in 1954, he incorporated elements of the Song painting of two birds sleeping on a branch, although in his own interpretation the birds are awake and he added a branch of red leaves (Huang Guangnan, Zheng Dunyin, Wang Sufeng, The Style and Influence of Huang Junbi's Paintings (Taipei: Taipei City Museum, 1987, pl. 30).
Literature:
Huang Junbi, Collection of Bai Yun Tang, Volume 1, Cathay Art Museum, Taipei, 1981, plates 6,8,9,10,13,14,18,19.
Provenance:
Property of an American Private Collector.