Lot 92
CHEN WEN HSI (1906-1991)
TWO PAINTINGS
Auction: 8 November 2017 at 17:00 GMT
£750
Description
ink and colour on paper, both unsigned, the first depicting four shrimps amongst lotus leaves, 38x27.5cm (sight); the second depicting two red fish amid aquatic plants, 25x18cm (sight) (2)
Footnote
Provenance:
Gifted by the artist to Mrs Valerie Stevenson. According to Valerie, paintings such as the present lot were used by Chen Wen Hsi as demonstrations at his painting classes and subsequently given away to his students as presents.