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Wen Nan 1596-1667
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description
- Wen Nan
- IN SEARCH OF PLUM BLOSSOMS
- ink and color on silk, handscroll
signed Wen Nan, dated dingchou (1637), autumn, with one seal of the artist, wen nan zhi yin
Colophon by Wang Kemin (1867-1945), signed Wang Kemin, dated gengchen (1940), the third lunar month, with one seal, wang ke min yin
Colophon by Wang Kemin (1867-1945), signed Wang Kemin, dated gengchen (1940), the third lunar month, with one seal, wang ke min yin
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, Fine Chinese Paintings, May 31, 1989, lot 51
Exhibited
1. Scent of Ink: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, September 2-October 9, 1994; The Chrysler Museum, Virginia, November 13, 1994-January 8, 1995; Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, September 9-November 11, 1995; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, December 15, 1995-February 18, 1996; China Institute, New York, February 4-June 10, 1998
2. Le Parfum de l'encre: Peintures Chinoises de la Collection Roy et Marilyn Papp, Musée Cernuschi, September 23-December 30, 19993. Hidden Meanings of Love and Death in Chinese Painting: Selections from the Marilyn and Roy Papp Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, April 27-September 2, 2013
2. Le Parfum de l'encre: Peintures Chinoises de la Collection Roy et Marilyn Papp, Musée Cernuschi, September 23-December 30, 19993. Hidden Meanings of Love and Death in Chinese Painting: Selections from the Marilyn and Roy Papp Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, April 27-September 2, 2013
Literature
1. Scent of Ink: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, 1994, cat. 8, pp. 34-35
2. Le Parfum de l'encre: Peintures Chinoises de la Collection Roy et Marilyn Papp, Musée Cernuschi, 1999, cat. 9, pp. 43-45
3. Hidden Meanings of Love and Death in Chinese Painting: Selections from the Marilyn and Roy Papp Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, 2013, cat. 20, pp. 68, 69, 89
2. Le Parfum de l'encre: Peintures Chinoises de la Collection Roy et Marilyn Papp, Musée Cernuschi, 1999, cat. 9, pp. 43-45
3. Hidden Meanings of Love and Death in Chinese Painting: Selections from the Marilyn and Roy Papp Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, 2013, cat. 20, pp. 68, 69, 89