Lot 083
HUANG YAO
b. China, 1917 - d. Kuala Lumpur, 1987
乐在其中 FOUR HAPPY CHILDREN, 1980
Signed and dated in Chinese with seal lower left
Ink and colour on rice paper mounted on scroll
30cm x 38cm (calligraphy)
46cm x 38cm (ink painting)
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kuala Lumpur.
ESTIMATE RM 9,000 - 12,000
PRICE REALISED RM 41,800
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Huang Yao had always adored children and this special affinity was evident in many of his works. Four cherubic boys are depicted here merrily sitting under a tree performing an ancient Chinese activity – ear cleaning. The theatrical calligraphic banner above reads: ‘Enjoying themselves’ and the inscription below says: ‘Interesting’ – effortlessly done in his chu yun shu stamp. He developed this upside-down calligraphy meaning Emerging Cloud Writing, which rises naturally from the corner of his paintings like the appearance of clouds in the sky. The idea is to maintain a sense of innocence in his cartoons and paintings of children at play – as if written by a child.
REFERENCE
Return To Innocence: Huang Yao’s Painting of Happy Children, Dr Tan May Ling.
Rediscovered Talent, Huang Yao: Cartoonist/Scholar/Painter, Shanghai Art Museum, 2011.
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