CHEN WEN HSI (1906-1991)
FINGER PAINTING
£5,250
Auction: 8 November 2017 at 17:00 GMT
Description
ink and colour on paper, depicting two magpies perched upon a flowering white magnolia tree, signed 'Wen Xi Zhi Mo' (Wen Hsi's finger painting', with one seal of the artist, framed and glazed
Dimensions
40x30cm (sight)
Footnote
Provenance:
Gifted by the artist to Mrs Valerie Stevenson, a New Zealand-born painter and art teacher who studied Chinese painting with Chen Wen Hsi in 1975 whilst living in Singapore. This lot is accompanied by a newspaper clipping dated 31st August 1975, which features a photograph of Chen Wen Hsi with the present painting, surrounded by his Western and Chinese students (Valerie is the second from the right).