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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 8, 2023 | Sotheby's | Hong Kong | Fine Chinese Paintings | 6055 | $****** - ****** | Good | The Hometown of Lu Xun |
Works on Paper
45 x 68.7 cm (17.72 x 27.05 in)
ink and colour on paper
Sotheby"s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Paintings, May 1995, lot 1171
Wah Kiu Yat Po , August 15, 1978, sheet 6 p. 4
吳冠中 魯迅故鄉
設色紙本 立軸
鈐印︰「荼」。
著錄︰〈華僑日報〉,一九七八年八月十五日,第六張頁四
來源︰香港蘇富比,中國書畫拍賣,一九九五年五月,編號1171
註︰「一九七七年我為歷史博物館作〈三峽〉期間,魯迅博物館約我作一幅〈魯迅故鄉〉。我非常樂意作〈魯迅故鄉〉,由於崇敬魯迅,也由於戀念鄉情,紹興和宜興是如此相仿……這一貌似俯瞰的藍圖中,主要形象角色是從城裏各處寫生得來,有紹興中學的樹叢,有西廊的老橋,那河道、河岸上的細柳、河裏的船,是從東湖引進的。」-吳冠中
六十年代起,吳冠中多次往紹興寫生,除了向最崇敬的魯迅致意,亦因應當時獨特的政治環境,毅然從人像畫轉投風景畫,奠下其江南人家造型初貌。一九七七年,吳冠中為魯迅博物館創作油彩〈魯迅故鄉〉,並撰文詳述如何用「移花接木」之法,建構最理想的黑、白、灰構圖,毋怪畫成即自許為「最具代表性」！本幅乃按相同構圖衍發成彩墨畫。
上世紀七十年代末至八十年代中,任教波士頓美術館學校的美籍藝術史學者柯瓊樂（b.1932, Joan Lebold Cohen）多次往訪中國,研究當代中國藝術。時值改革開放之初,社會氣氛漸趨寬鬆,柯氏得以拜訪各地畫家,於藝術家工作室採訪拍照,收集了大量原始資料,並於一九八七年出版專著〈The New Chinese Paintings 1949-1986〉。吳冠中乃柯氏採訪畫家之一,她攝下多幀作品照片,本幅〈魯迅故鄉〉即其一,收錄於亞洲藝術文獻庫柯瓊樂檔案〈吳冠中（一組十九幀照片）1975-1989〉。
45 x 68.7 cm 17¾x 27 in.
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Wu Guanzhong
1919 - 2010
The Hometown of Lu Xun
ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll
with 1 seal of the artist
45 x 68.7 cm 17¾ x 27 in.
