PROPERTY FROM A NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PRIVATE COLLECTION LOTS 894-895 北加州私人收藏 拍品894-895
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Masterworks of Chang Dai-chien, Editions Press, 1974 A suite of six original color lithographs on paper, the subjects including Homeward Passing Through the Stone Gate at Dusk, Cinnabar Lotus, Mountain Monastery by the Waterfall, Peonies, Shrike Amidst the Autumn Leaves and Hanging Gibbon Over an Autumn Stream; each dated jiayin, signed on the stone Yuanweng, signed by the artist in pencil Dai C. Chang, together with the edition number 63/125 written in pencil, the embossed publisher's seal 'ep,' on each sheet, the six sheets in the original portfolio, with introduction by Michael Sullivan and end paper. 28 3/4 x 24 1/4in (73 x 61.5cm), the largest print
Provenance: Acquired directly from Editions Press, by an investor in the project.
〈朱荷〉 印款：爰翁甲寅八月寫，〈洛陽伽藍記〉云，綠蘋浮池，朱荷出水。不言紅蓮，而曰朱荷者，所以別於尋常也。同月十二日又記。 印章：環蓽庵、大千唯印大年、三千大千 簽名：Dai C Chang
〈山寺飛瀑〉 印款：六十三年甲寅九月既望，爰翁。 印章：環蓽庵、大千唯印大年 簽名：Dai C. Chang
〈牡丹〉 印款：六十三年甲寅九月，爰翁七十有六。 印章：環蓽庵、大千唯印大年 簽名：Dai C. Chang
〈紅葉伯勞〉 印款：甲寅重九，環蓽庵柿葉未霜先紅，喜而寫此，爰翁。 印章：大千唯印大年、三千大千 簽名：Dai C. Chang
〈秋溪靈猿〉 印款：六十三年甲寅十月十四日環蓽庵寫，爰翁。 印章：環蓽庵、大千唯印大年 簽名：Dai C. Chang
來源： 藏家為該版畫項目出資方之一，直接得自出版方Editions Press
Throughout Zhang Daqian's long career, the artist perpetually sought to merge orthodoxy with innovation, expanding the boundaries of Chinese painting in daring and unconventional ways. Whereas his time in Dunhuang broadened his vision to the early roots of the Chinese figural painting tradition, and his long stretches of time away from China afforded him the opportunity to explore new, non-Chinese media beyond ink and color on silk or paper. His decade in California proved to be an especially fruitful time in this regard.
The present lot, a folio of six lithographs, were created by Zhang Daqian in collaboration with W.B. Fountain and Editions Press in San Francisco. Whereas the medium of lithography originated in Europe and was only introduced to China in the late 19th century, few Chinese artists embraced the method for its expressive potential. Fountain commissioned Zhang Daqian to create two series of prints, the first an edition of 90 in 1973 and this second edition of 125 in 1974, which included an introduction by Professor Michael Sullivan. In the 1991 exhibition and catalog Challenging the Past: the Paintings of Chang Dai-chien, Shen Fu recounts how the septuagenarian artist enthusiastically delved into this new mode of expression.
Another set of prints from the second series is reproduced in Michael Sullivan Modern Chinese Art, The Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection, Oxford, 2001, p. 154 (one illustrated). A complete suite of six lithographs with the original portfolio and Sullivan introduction is rare to come to auction. Number 64 in the series, also an intact set was sold in our San Francisco salesroom 28 June 2016.
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