Orchid

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WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)
Orchid
Handscroll, ink on paper
23 x 112 cm. (9 x 44 1/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated spring, second month, guichou year (1553)
Calligraphy inscribed and signed by Zhao Mengfu (Attributed to, 1254-1322), with one seal
Colophons by Dong Qichang (1555-1636) and Chen Jiyu (1558-1639), with a total of three seals of the artists
Five collector’s seals, including two of Wang Aiyun (1906-2004)

Literature

Teisuke Toda and Hiromitsu Ogawa ed., Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Paintings, Second Series, Vol.2 Asian and European Collections, University of Tokyo Press, 1998, pp.II-54-55 and II-377, pl. S22-023.
Zhou Daozhen ed., Wen Zhengming (Appendix), Shanghai Guji Publication House, 2002, p.89.
Zhou Daozhen and Zhang Yuezun, Chronicles of Wen Zhengming (II), Zhonghua Book Company, Beijing, November 2020, p.755.

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A native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Wang Aiyun worked under educator and activist Luo Jialun at the National Central University, National Central University of Governance in Nanjing, and later at the National Taiwan University. During his tenure at the National Central University, Wang had frequent exchanges with artists including Xu Beihong, Zhang Daqian, Huang Junbi and Fu Baoshi. In 1948, Wang moved to Taiwan to work at the National Taiwan University. While in Taiwan Wang became close friends with Pu Ru. Wang retired in 1968 and was widely known for his passion in collecting Chinese paintings and calligraphy.

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