Lot 92

LOTS 84-92PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF YAN YUNTAI This collection of Chinese modern paintings was assembled by Yan Yuntai (Anthony Yen) and his father Yan Qingxiang (1899-1988). The elder Mr. Yan was a successful owner and manager of Da Long Steel and Iron Works in Shanghai before 1949. During and after the Cultural Revolution, Mr. Yan took up his attention to the arts. He took up calligraphy and traditional painting, and through the teachers he sought out, he developed relationships with an extended circle of painters and calligraphers. Recognizing the difficult circumstances that most of these artists experienced in the 1950s and 1960s, Mr Yan created a “salon” to welcome these talented individuals. They recited poetry in the garden, exchanged ideas, and hung their work in the living room, dining room, and center hall of the Yan family home at 699 Yu Yuan Road.Anthony Yen left Shanghai alone in 1949 at the young age of 17 and made his way to the United States. There he built a distinguished career as an expert in international business and trade. Sharing his father’s dedication to China’s traditional arts, Mr. Yen also acquired and treasured paintings from the artists he met during his visits back to China beginning in 1980.

QIAN JUNTAO (1907-1998)

Double Gourds

Details

QIAN JUNTAO (1907-1998)
Double Gourds
Scroll, unmounted, ink and color on paper
27 3/8 x 17 ¾ in. (69.5 x 45.2 cm.)
Inscribed and signed
Dated jiwei year (1979)
Dedicated to Jiaona (Josiane Desmedt Yen)

ZHANG DAZHUANG (1903-1980)
Peaches
Scroll, unmounted, ink and color on paper
29 ¼ x 15 ¾ in. (74.1 x 39.9 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated spring, dingsi year (1977)
Dedicated to Qingxiang (Yan Qingxiang) and Huijun (Li Huijun)
Two collectors’ seals, one each of Yan Qingxiang and Yan Yuntai

LIN LANG (BORN 1914)
Landscape
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink and color on paper
33 ¾ x 10 7/8 in. (86 x 27.6 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated jiachen year (1964)

Sale room notice

Please note that the paintings by Qian Juntao and Zhang Dazhuang are unmounted.

Lot Essay

Peaches was made by the artist for Yan Qingxiang in honor of his 80th birthday and was displayed with the works of 40 other artists, assembled by Liu Haisu (1896-1994) in the Yan family compound.

This lot consists of three paintings.

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