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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 28, 2011 | Bonhams | Hong Kong | Fine Chinese Art | 723 | $****** - ****** | Amaranths/Candle and Mouse/Baby Chicks | |||
May 28, 2010 | Bonhams | Hong Kong | Fine Chinese Paintings | 506 | $****** - ****** | Amaranths. Candle and mouse. Baby chicks |
Works on Paper
130 x 34 cm (51.18 x 13.39 in)
set of three hanging scrolls, ink and colour on paper
Each inscribed and signed with one or two seals of the artist, One dated wuzi year (1948)
Col. Thomas E. Williams (1915-1992), purchased directly from the artist in Beijing in 1948. By descent to his children in the USA
Long-term loan to the Denver Art Museum, Colorado, from 1971 to 2009 (with the return receipt issued by the Denver Art Museum) Col. Thomas E. Williams (September 26, 1915 to February 6, 1992) was a retired US Marine Corps colonel who served two tours of duty in China during World War II. As Assistant Chief of Staff of Intelligence for the 6th US Marine Division stationed at Qingdao, Shandong province (1945-6), he documented the defeat of the Japanese navy. Later he worked as Assistant US Naval Attaché for the American Consulate in Beijing (1948-9). Col. Williams was an academic scholar before and after his military service. His research was instrumental in preparing for the establishment of a national central intelligence organization. In his memoirs written in the late 1970s, Col. Williams recalled visiting Qi Baishi in his Beijing atelier three times in 1948, when he was stationed in Beijing during his second tour of duty. On the first visit, he commissioned from Qi bird-and-flower paintings, as well as those of fish, prawns and crabs. He also took a photo of the artist on this occasion, later recalling that "the artist looked the archetype of a venerable Chinese gentleman, even to his wispy beard." On his second and third visits, Col. Williams purchased additional paintings from the artist. The three Qi Baishi paintings owned by Col. Williams and his wife Rachael included in this sale were on long-term loan to the Denver Art Museum, Colorado, USA from 1971 to 2009. In 1986, Col. and Mrs. Williams gifted the paintings to their two children, who kept them on loan to the Denver Art Museum until 2009. Col. Williams passed away in 1992.
