Lot  639 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2023 Taipei

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2023 Taipei

Pavilions Overlooking to the Sea

PU Hsin-yu (Taiwanese, 1896 - 1963)

Ink and colour on paper, framed

56 x 21 cm

Estimate

TWD 550,000-850,000

HKD 134,000-207,000

USD 17,200-26,600

CNY 126,000-194,000

Sold Price


Signature

Signed Hsin-yu in Chinese
With three seals of the artist

PROVENANCE
Private collection, Taipei

+ OVERVIEW

This work is made with a classical landscape composition of the Northern Song school, having a dense structure, looming mountains with a sense of serenity. Pu Hsin-yu composed this scholarly painting with landscape on the left in light dry ink, swift smooth and chiseled cun strokes for the rugged rocks forming a mountain. Dots on the top represent dense vegetation and light and shadow of the rocks. Green and turquoise in dense and light ink are used on the landscape. Cliffs emerge from the side overlooking the river creating depth and a mystic surrounding. Trees were painted in strokes of the Southern school, with thick and dry ink to express nostalgia, scattered trees at the center from the Yuan artists, lines, dots and spread for the lustrous vegetation and lofty buildings. Willows at the bottom are painted in green with crab strokes highlighting the style of the Southern School. Pavilions at the centre were meticulously depicted. The absence of crowd and the inscription of poem by Tang Mu suggest the artist’s nostalgic loneliness after the relocation to Taiwan.
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Ravenel Autumn Auction 2023 Taipei

Saturday, December 2, 2023, 1:00pm