水墨紙本 立軸 一九五九年作

款識：
目翳經年，不復能為仕女，達雲仁兄囑以減筆法寫之。亂頭粗服，正米老所謂慚惶煞人也，幸教正焉。
己亥四月，大千弟張爰時在江戶。

鈐印：「張爰之印」、「大千居士」、「東西南北之人」、「下里巴人」。

-Light foxing could be found on the painting, otherwise, generally in good condition.
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上款：「達雲」即黃杰（1902-1995），字達雲，湖南長沙人。黃埔軍校一期畢業，久歷沙場，戰功卓著。播遷渡台後，歷任台北衛戍司令、陸軍總司令、警備總司令、國防部長、台灣省政府主席等要職，獲授一級上將銜。他好藝文，有「儒將」之稱，曾組織編成〈中國子學名著集成〉一書。

註：一九五九年，大千患眼疾兩年，視力大不如前，幾不復作工筆仕女，改以寫意出之，畫中主角多取側面，甚或近背影，減省細筆勾劃開臉五官之耗費目力！

本幅寫於此時，正客居東瀛間，從題跋可知乃應台灣黨國要員黃杰之囑而製。黃氏有「儒將」雅號，諳文藝，點題囑寫，畫家自不怠慢。雖題「以減筆法寫之」，又自謙曰「亂頭粗服」，惟畫中人物幾近正面處理，無絲毫取巧掩飾。其開臉豐腴圓潤，鳯目明澈，雙瞳略作垂視，眉宇間流露一派悠閒自如之色；頭挽高髻，額前堆髮如雲，散髮則分披兩肩；配飾以細筆淡墨勾出鳯頭步搖，錦鯉耳墜；身型修長，直立，雙手交搭，背握紈扇。如此「紈扇閒情」之仕女造型，常見於其筆下，惟本幅韻味優雅，又不乏時代氣息；全圖純以淨墨簡筆出之，運筆輕快俐落，線條簡練流暢，衣服外沿以淡墨狀之，復於領口束腰處醒以濃墨，骨節處交待清晰，仕女神韻體態，於含蓄內歛中畢現矣！尤見難得者，乃背景添綴琅玕兩株，其姿挺秀，纖細而含靱勁，以雙鈎法寫之；與寫意仕女相襯，「粗中帶幼」，讓受贈者別有一番驚喜，亦反映他不甘屈從於健康、體力所限，以逞其頑強之意志。而配置瘦竹，不無「守正不阿」之意，以喻黃氏為人處世之道。

大千於東京寫此，並付當地良工裝池，典雅講究，正是「大風堂」裝裱樣式。裝畢，方送呈老友。交情之深，於此見矣！