Celebration Album

SHI LU (1919-1982) / WU ZUOREN (1908-1997) / LIN FENGMIAN (1900-1991) / GUAN SHANYUE (1912-2000) / WU GUANZHONG (1919-2010) and others Celebration Album Album of eight leaves, ink and colour on paper Inscribed and signed, with a total of eleven seals Dedicated to Ziyun Attached with letters to Ziyun by Lin Fengmian, Wu Guanzhong, Guan Shanyue & He Haixia PROVENANCE : Lot 115, 30 September 1991, Fine 19th and 20th Century Chinese Paintings, Christie’s Hong Kong. Lot 2553, 30 November 2010, Fine Chinese Modern Paintings, Christie’s Hong Kong. NOTE : The recipient of this painting is the renowned sculptor and art historian Wang Ziyun (1897-1990). Born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, he studied in France in 1931, and returned to China to teach at the Hangzhou National Art College. One of his greatest achievements was setting up the Northwest Art and Cultural Relics Exploration Mission to the Northwest in the 1940s. Since Wu Guanzhong was a student at the Hangzhou National Art College, he addressed Wang as “teacher” in the letter. Various sizes, each leaf approximately measures 32 x 34 cm. (12 5/8 x 13 3/8 in.)