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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 | 6074 | $****** - ****** | Good | Motacilla by Red Leaves |
Works on Paper
79.2 x 30.7 cm (31.18 x 12.09 in)
ink and colour on paper
signed, dated 1940
張大千 紅葉鶺鴒
設色紙本 立軸 一九四○年作
款識︰寫與心德六姪。庚辰初冬,八叔爰。
鈐印︰「張爰之印」、「大千」。
上款︰「心德」即張心德（1921-1952）,名比德,又名張玉,張大千四兄張文修次子,自幼過繼予張善子。他隨張大千學畫多年,大千西涉敦煌期間,張心德乃得力助手,部份壁畫飾邊即由他補成,如〈摹敦煌西千佛洞第十一窟釋迦說法圖〉,即題曰「心德六姪同畫」。大千繪工筆人物,亦屢委付心德寫唐人花邊,如一九四四年寫〈紅拂女〉,上具「心德、心智倣漠高窟唐人花邊」款,而一九四五年作〈西園雅集圖〉四聯屏,亦見心德署「張玉比德補裙花」及鈐章,大千對此姪畫藝之肯定,不言而喻。日後大千投荒南美,亦費心挈帶同行,惜其旋染疾遽沒,故叔姪間之筆硯紀錄,彌足珍貴矣。
註︰畫中瘦竹嶙石,霜葉垂枝,上棲之禽,額白,背黑,翼帶白斑,鶺鴒是也,鮮見於畫家筆下。本幅寫於「庚辰初冬」,已屆公曆一九四○年十一月下旬。是月上旬,大千赴敦煌途中,驚聞仲兄善子離世噩耗,遂倉促返渝奔喪。大千此際寫鶺鴒贈其遺子,自是寄寓「脊令在原,兄弟急難」,悼念手足之情,喪兄之慟深矣！
參考資料︰〈摹敦煌西千佛洞第十一窟釋迦說法圖〉可參見〈張大千-巨匠的剪影120歲紀念大展〉圖錄（臺北,故宮博物院,二○一九年）,頁92
〈紅拂女〉可參見〈張大千畫集〉（臺北,歷史博物館,一九七三年二月）,頁13
〈西園雅集圖〉可參見〈梅雲堂藏張大千畫〉目錄,高美慶編（香港,香港中文大學文物館,一九九三年）,圖版11A
79.2 x 30.7 cm 31¼ x 12⅛ in.
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Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899-1983)
1899 - 1983
Motacilla by Red Leaves
ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll
signed, dated 1940, with 2 seals of the artist
79.2 x 30.7 cm 31¼ x 12⅛ in.
