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• Auction House:
  Leonard Joel
• Sale Name:
  The Graham Geddes Antiques Relocation Auction
• Sale Date:
  21 Mar 2015 ~ 11am
• Lot #:
  1356
• Lot Description:
  Attributed To Wu Hufan
  (1894-1968)
  A Chinese Hanging Scroll
  Ink on paper
  97 x 31cm
  inscription with artist’s name and dated third month, wuzi year (1948)
  depicting rockwork and flowering branches (light marks to top left corner)
• Provenance:
  Ex Private Collection, Melbourne; Christies Hong Kong ‘Fine Chinese Modern Paintings’ 2 December 2008, Lot 1502 for another similar work by the artist.
• References:
  Clarissa von Spee, Wu Hufan: A Twentieth Century Art Connoisseur in Shanghai, Reimer: London, 2009.
• Notes:
  Wu Hufan’s work is in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and several other important international institutions. Wu Hufan was one of the most important experts of Chinese art in the early 20th century. He meticulously studied the works from his family’s extensive collection of Chinese paintings and calligraphy by the Masters. His subjects were often the favourites of the literati for their symbolism using elements of nature, such as the ancient rockwork and gnarled branches depicted with bold brushstrokes in this painting.
• Estimate:
  A$5,500 - 6,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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