On the evening of June 2, 2019, at the 2019 spring auction of China Guardian, Ma Yun auctioned the masterpiece "Nap" by Mr. Pan Tianshou, a Chinese art master, for a sky-high price of 29.325 million yuan.
Pan Tianshou's "Siesta" auction site
This work depicts a cat sleeping on a stone. The overall line is natural and smooth, and the change between thickness and depth is just right, which not only highlights the ruggedness of the mountain stone, but also shows the posture of the sleeping cat, the moss and vegetation on the mountain stone grow naturally, and the three-dimensional sense of the painting is strong.
Nap 92×77.5cm
Nap locally
The scroll has an inscription written by the original owner of the painting, Lu Guangzhao (1914-2001): "Sleeping Cat." Pan Tianshou painting. Lu Guangzhao was framed in Beijing in 1978. "There is also a treasure seal: Lu Guangzhao.
In December 1958, the cover of "Pan Tianshou's Painting" of the People's Fine Arts Publishing House was this "Nap"
Mr. Pan Tianshou was a prolific painter who created a lot of works in the 1950s, often painting multiple works of the same subject. This "Nap", which also has a roughly identical work "Sleeping Cat", was created in 1954, measuring 87×76.2cm, which is roughly similar to "Nap" and is now in the National Art Museum of China.
Guangming Daily, October 7, 1962, 4th edition, Lower Left Corner, National Art Museum of China, "Sleeping Cat"
National Art Museum of China Pan Tianshou Birth Anniversary 120th Anniversary Exhibition
Comparison of masterpieces
Compared with these two works, the "Nap" bought by Ma Yun refers to the ink book, while the "Sleeping Cat" collected by the National Art Museum of China is a pen and ink book. The composition elements of the picture of the two works are basically the same, and for the reason of the scale, the mountain stones in "Nap" are slightly higher, which is more imposing. The lines of the ink book are more natural and loose, and unexpected effects are seen from time to time.
The recognition of two paintings
How to arrange the money in the two paintings may be the reason why the painter created this group of variations. Lu's collection of "Nap" is signed "Nap." Yi Zhi Shou Zhi Ink", the book is on the right side of the painting Zhongshan Stone. The "Sleeping Cat" in the collection of the National Art Museum of China has a long title in the upper right of the picture: "On the afternoon of the day, the mouse is hidden deeply, the Mo Dao cat is too lazy, the sleeping tiger is tiger." Write about what you see in the garden on the west side. When A noon and early summer, shou. ”
Pan Tianshou is teaching
Pan Tianshou flower and bird painting appreciation
Pan Tianshou said in "Listening to the Tiange Painting talk essay": "Use raw paper as a large finger painting, each whisker is splashed with ink, and the four fingers of the index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger are used together, and the ink is quickly smeared." However, if you want to make the ink like a finger, and make the finger like a finger, then the meaning is magnificent and the vitality is full of vitality. "This work "Nap" is a handy work in Pan Tianshou's finger ink works.
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