Lot 059
WAN WING SUM
b. Hong Kong, 1922 - d. 1995
FOUR SEASONS - SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN AND WINTER (SET OF FOUR), 1979
Signed, dated, inscribed and with a total of eighteen seals of the artist
Ink and colour on paper
92cm x 30cm, each
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Selangor.
ESTIMATE RM 13,000 - 18,000
PRICE REALISED RM 16,800.00
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Quiet Night Thought poem by Li Bai, inscribed on grasshopper’s whiskers:
In front of my bed, there is bright moonlight
I think there must be frost on the ground
I raise my head and gaze at the bright moon
Reminiscing of the old country
The quadrant of the plum blossoms, peonies, chrysanthemum and pine trees has a special place in the hearts among the Chinese.
In Noble Fragrance: Chinese Flowers and Trees, the author T.C. Lai quoted Yuan Hung-tao from the book, Story of Vases (Ping Shih): “The high-minded person who had renounced worldly pleasures falls back on mountains and streams, flowers and trees for consolation…”
Dubbed the ‘Lynx-Eyed Calligrapher’, Professor Wan Wing-sum was skilled in micro-calligraphy, cramming 3,000 characters into a square-inch space of square – a feat he had honed since the age of 12, and at the age of 19 was hailed to have mastered the Lingnan Style. For this prowess, he was awarded the Gold Medal of Arts by China’s Ministry of Education. He had shown in more than 100 exhibitions all over the world, including Malaysia, since his first solo in his birthplace in Hong Kong in 1938, His demonstration on calligraphy was recorded in films by Warner Brothers when he visited Hollywood in the 1950s.
REFERENCE
Mr. Wan Wing Sum: An Unique Chinese Calligrapher and Painter of Our Times, Singapore, 1982
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