April 13, 2022 10:00 EST
Asian Arts
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Attributed to Qi Baishi 齐白石（款） 雏鸡捉虫图
(Chinese b.1864-d.1957)
Nine Chicks and a Worm
Ink on paper, inscribed along the right side and dated to a renwu year, corresponding to 1942, one seal, mounted as a hanging scroll.
H: 26 in.; W: 14 3/8 in (image)
PROVENANCE:
Chi Mei Chai, Eastern Art Gallery, London
Property from a private collection, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above, April 19, 1984
Sold for $50,400
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000
Nine Chicks and a Worm
Ink on paper, inscribed along the right side and dated to a renwu year, corresponding to 1942, one seal, mounted as a hanging scroll.
PROVENANCE:
Chi Mei Chai, Eastern Art Gallery, London
Property from a private collection, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above, April 19, 1984
NOTE:
According to the 1984 purchase invoice, this work was painted at the request of Mr. Lin Sen in the winter of 1942. Mr. Lin Sen (1868-1943) was appointed president of the Guomindang government in 1932, and was well-respected as an elder statesman.
