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Unknown — Chang Dai-chien, Mount Hua in Autumn; Calligraphy
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Chang Dai-chien, Mount Hua in Autumn; Calligraphy

This folding fan artwork by the renowned twentieth century Chinese painter Chang Dai-chien presents Mount Hua rendered in ink and color on paper, capturing the dramatic landscape in the artist's distinctive style that synthesized classical Chinese painting traditions with modern sensibilities. The composition is accompanied by calligraphy executed in ink on gold-flecked paper, which was a common practice in literati painting where text and image complemented one another both aesthetically and conceptually. The fan format itself, a traditional vehicle for artistic expression among educated elites, allowed Chang to demonstrate his mastery of both landscape painting and the refined art of brush writing.

Medium
ink and color on paper, ink on gold-flecked paper, folding fan

🔨 Auction Lot

Fine Chinese Paintings

November 25, 2024

Estimate: $880,000$1,680,000

Lot 8088

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Unknown, Chang Dai-chien, Mount Hua in Autumn; Calligraphy

This folding fan artwork by the renowned twentieth century Chinese painter Chang Dai-chien presents Mount Hua rendered in ink and color on paper, capturing the dramatic landscape in the artist's distinctive style that synthesized classical Chinese painting traditions with modern sensibilities. The composition is accompanied by calligraphy executed in ink on gold-flecked paper, which was a common practice in literati painting where text and image complemented one another both aesthetically and conceptually. The fan format itself, a traditional vehicle for artistic expression among educated elites, allowed Chang to demonstrate his mastery of both landscape painting and the refined art of brush writing.

Medium
ink and color on paper, ink on gold-flecked paper, folding fan
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

20th Century, Autumn Scenery, Romantic Aesthetic, Chinese Artist, Chinese Ink Painting, Calligraphy integration, Landscape, Monumental Composition, Mount Hua, Brush and ink on paper

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art