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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 1, 2023 | Christie's | Hong Kong | Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings | 1118 | $****** - ****** | Two Ducks | |||
May 28, 2007 | Christie's | Hong Kong | Fine Modern Chinese Paintings | 1106 | $****** - ****** | Ducks |
Works on Paper
109.5 x 48.2 cm (43.11 x 18.98 in)
scroll, ink and colour on paper
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist Dated summer, renshen year (1932) Dedicated to Tian"en NOTE: The dedication refers to Huang
Previously from a Singaporean private collector.
Christie"s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Modern Paintings, 28 May 2007, lot 1106.
Singapore Art Museum, Xu Beihong in Nanyang , 5 April-13 July, 2008.
Xu Beihong in Nanyang , Singapore Art Museum, April 2008, p.303, pl.69.
XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
Tw o Ducks
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
109.5 x 48.2 cm. (43 1/8 x 19 in.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated summer, renshen year (1932)
Dedicated to Tian"en
NOTE:
The dedication refers to Huang Tian"en, the sixth son of Huang Yizhu (1868-1945), a sugar magnate in Indonesia. The Huang family was influential in the early 20th century and supported the establishment of banks and public service institutions in Xiamen. In 1921, Huang Yizhu also founded the China & South Sea Bank.
In 1930, Xu Beihong published an article in The Young Companion magazine: “Upon departing Paris, I stopped by Singapore in the autumn of 1925, where I frequently met with tycoons Chen Jiageng and Huang Tian"en.” Xu also gifted a painting titled Honeymoon to Huang Tian"en and his wife; the painting is now in the collection at the Xu Beihong Memorial Museum in Beijing.
- Collector"s note
