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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL GALLIS
Cheng Shifa (1921-2007)
Spring Festival Album, 2005An album of eleven double leaves, ink, or ink and color on paper, each leaf inscribed and signed by the artist, with seven leaves dated yiyou, each leaf with two or three artist's seals, the titleslip also by the artist Moxiang wanli Cheng Shifa ying.22 x 16 1/2in (55.9 x 41.9cm), each leaf
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程十發 新春雜冊 設色紙本 冊頁 二〇〇五年作PROVENANCEAcquired directly from the artist, May 2005PUBLISHEDGallis, Michael and Ma Xinle, Maike Gailesi Zhongguo hua shoucang: yige Xifang xuezhe de Zhonghua wenhua zhilu?, Tianjin Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 2019, pp.214-221來源現藏家於2005年5月直接得自藝術家出版馬欣樂主編，《邁克·蓋勒斯中國畫收藏：一個西方學者的中華文化之旅》，天津人民美術出版社，2019年，頁214-221Cheng Shifa was born in Songjiang, Jiangsu province, and attended the Shanghai College of Art in 1938. First achieving fame as an illustrator, he published illustrated versions of the stories originally penned by the author Lu Xun (1881-1936). By 1956, he was a professional painter in the guohua style, and soon thereafter he would find his niche in his colorful and exuberant depictions of minorities from China's Southwestern Yunnan province. This album is one of the final albums created by Cheng Shifa at end of his prolific career, and just prior to when the artist entered the hospital. Replete with auspicious imagery, the album celebrates the lunar New Year and the coming of the spring season, with several leaves dated in the days that followed. As one of the artist's last recorded works, the album both demonstrates the culmination of his career as a painter while highlighting his still strong brushwork and daring use of color.Michael Gallis commissioned this album from Cheng Shifa in 2005 just before he entered the hospital and so it is one of the final albums created by the artist at the end of his prolific career. Replete with auspicious imagery and with unusually free and expressive brushwork reflecting the artist's mood and status, the album celbrates
