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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 27, 2021 | Christie's | Hong Kong | Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings | 1067 | $****** - ****** | Flowers and Insects | |||
May 25, 2009 | Christie's | Hong Kong | Fine Chinese Modern Paintings | 766 | $****** - ****** | Flowers and Insects |
Works on Paper
33 x 25.8 cm (12.99 x 10.16 in)
Four album leaves, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
Each leaf inscribed and signed, with a total of four seals of the artist
Further inscribed by the artist on the mounting, with one seal
Dedicated to Gongshu
Further inscribed and signed by Zhang Shizhao (1881-1973), with one seal
Dated dinghai year (1947)
Christie"s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Modern Paintings, 25 May 2009, Lot 766.
Beijing, The Soviet Union Exhibition Hall (Beijing Exhibition Center), The Posthumous Works of Qi Baishi, 1-20 January 1958, no. 342.
The Commemorative Catalogue of the Posthumous Works of Qi Baishi, People"s Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, December 1957, p.36, no.342; one leaf Lamp and Moth illustrated.
Works of Qi Baishi: Painting Selection Volume I , People"s Fine Art Publishing House, Beijing, 1963, pl. 146, 150, 162, 169.
Mr. Chi Pai-shih Paintings - No: 1 Paintings by Chi Pai-shih , China Painting Association, Taipei, October 1967, pp. 70, 72, 104 (three leaves published).
The Paintings of Qi Baishi , People"s Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, June 1978, cover (one scroll published).
A Selection of Qi Baishi " s Paintings, People"s Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, May 1980, pl. 42 (one leaf published).
The Observation Post , no. 547, The Observation Post Publishing House, Hong Kong, 16 April 1980, cover page (one leaf published).
Qi Baishi: The Last Legend of Literati Painting , Lionart, Taipei, 1978, pl. 48, 49, 62 (three leaves published).
Colourful Selections of Qi Baishi , Art Book Company, Taipei, June 1991, pl. 63, 96, 96 (three leaves published).
QI BAISHI (1863-1957)
Flowers and Insects
Four album leaves, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
(1) 22.4 x 28.4 cm. (8 7/8 x 11 ¼ in.)
(2) 33 x 25.8 cm. (13 x 10 1/8 in.)
(3) 32 x 26 cm. (12 5/8 x 10 ¼ in.)
(4) 29.5 x 24 cm. (14 5/8 x 9 ½ in.)
Each leaf inscribed and signed, with a total of four seals of the artist
Further inscribed by the artist on the mounting, with one seal
Dedicated to Gongshu
Further inscribed and signed by Zhang Shizhao (1881-1973), with one seal
Dated dinghai year (1947)
