Landscape Inspired by Mao Zedong's Poem
$500
FU BAOSHI (1904-1965)
Landscape Inspired by Mao Zedong's Poem
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated spring, gengzi year (1960)
Dedicated to Yusheng
PROVENANCE:
The artist directly presented this painting as a gift to Mr Chen Yusheng, thence by descent.
NOTE :
The recipient of this painting is Chen Yusheng (1899-1994). Born in Taixing, Jiangsu, Chen joined the Chinese Communist Party in February 1939 and was appointed a senior officer during the Sino-Japanese War, and took on the sobriquet of “Straw-Sandal General”. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, he was appointed Commander and Commissar of the Logistics Command of East China Navy, the Vice Chief of Staff of the East China Navy Headquarter and the Vice Chairman of the Fourth People’s Political Consultative Conference in Jiangsu Province. Chen passed away in Nanjing in 1994.
108 x 38.5 cm. (42 ½ x 15 1/8 in.)