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Unknown — Chang Dai-chien, Swiss Peaks; Calligraphy in Xingshu
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Chang Dai-chien, Swiss Peaks; Calligraphy in Xingshu

This work by Chang Dai-chien comprises two complementary pieces: a landscape painting executed in the spontaneous splashed ink technique and a calligraphic inscription in the running script style (xingshu). The splashed ink approach, which emphasizes gestural brushwork and atmospheric effects, captures the dramatic essence of Swiss mountain scenery through abstract forms and tonal gradations. Together, the painting and calligraphy demonstrate the artist's mastery of both pictorial and textual modes of Chinese artistic expression.

Medium
splashed ink on paper; ink on paper, set of two, framed

🔨 Auction Lot

Fine Chinese Paintings

November 25, 2024

Estimate: $8,000,000$16,000,000

Lot 8116

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Unknown, Chang Dai-chien, Swiss Peaks; Calligraphy in Xingshu

This work by Chang Dai-chien comprises two complementary pieces: a landscape painting executed in the spontaneous splashed ink technique and a calligraphic inscription in the running script style (xingshu). The splashed ink approach, which emphasizes gestural brushwork and atmospheric effects, captures the dramatic essence of Swiss mountain scenery through abstract forms and tonal gradations. Together, the painting and calligraphy demonstrate the artist's mastery of both pictorial and textual modes of Chinese artistic expression.

Medium
splashed ink on paper; ink on paper, set of two, framed
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

20th Century, Serene, Alpine Scenery, Running Script calligraphy, Modern Chinese painting, Chinese Artist, Hanging Scroll, Landscape, Ink and wash on paper, Literati painting tradition

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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