The turnover of the 53-square seal engraving works was more than 29.12 million yuan, and the transaction rate was 100%. Ding Ren, Gao Yehou, Ge Changyao, and Yu Ren compiled "Ding Ugly Robbery Yu Yincun" (Chengzi Department) for 7.245 million yuan, which won the first place and set a record for the highest transaction in the world for seal engraving and printing.
According to reports, in the auction of the same day, the Huang Shiling inscription "Shuyuan per inscription year" Shoushan stone seal transaction price was 2.185 million yuan; Huang Shiling carved "Wounded Beauty of the Late Twilight" Qingtian stone seal transaction price was 2.07 million yuan. Ding Ren, Gao Yehou, Ge Changyao, and Yu Ren's compilation of "Ding Ugly Robbery Yu Yincun" (Chengzi Department) sold for 7.245 million yuan, Chen Jieqi's "Ten Bell Mountain House Seal" and Huang Shiling's engraving of "Shuyuan Per Inscription Year" Shoushan stone seals were sold for 3.22 million yuan and 2.185 million yuan respectively, ranking second and third.
It is said that "Ding Ugly Robbery Yu Yincun" brought together the top top developers, the top printing clay, and the top editing level at that time, which consumed a lot of manpower and material resources to make a book, and now it is difficult to copy. And it includes the vast majority of seals in the famous seal scores "Le only Room Collection Seal", "Xiling Eight Seal Selection", "ChuanpuTang Tibetan Seal Jinghua", "Ming and Qing Celebrity Engraving And Storage", a total of more than 1900 prints.
Guardian's 2019 Spring Auction "Treasures in the Tile Storage Room: Huang Shiling Seal Carvings and Important Seals" special scene
Treasures of the Tile Storage Room: Huang Shiling Seal Carving Famous Works
The 53-square Huang Mufu seal carvings auctioned are the old collection of Huang Wenkuan, a famous resident in Guangdong, because of Huang Wenkuan's love of Lingnan art and related Lingnan culture, he has hundreds of famous seals, but unfortunately most of them were later destroyed. The more than fifty Yellow Mufu seals that were preserved this time were only spared because they were scattered and wrapped in sun-dried briquettes at that time.
Huang Wenkuan (1910-1989)
Huang Shiling carved "Shuyuan per inscription year" Shoushan stone seal Side paragraph: Wuyun Dao brother belongs to the carved Tang sentence, imitation of Han Dang Yin order Zhang Jun table praise forehead character should be, did not know whether to get his feet sweat or not, Huang Shiling.
Huang Shiling carved "Shuyuan every inscription year" Shoushan stone seal
Huang Shiling carved "Shuyuan every inscription year" Shoushan stone seal partial
The reason why Huang Wenkuan is famous in the seal carving circle and the collection circle is also because he once stored more than 200 original works of Huang Mufu seal carving. During the "Cultural Revolution", in order to protect the seals, in addition to leaving more than 50 beloved works, the hidden seals were resold to a safe place. Among them, more than 100 were purchased by the seal carver Qian Junkui (later made into the "Cong Cui Tang Tibetan Seal" seal), Huang Wenkuan was worried about the bumps in the road caused by the cracking of the seal, and carefully sealed each seal stone for protection, "involving" Qian Junzai's student Chen Mingwu brushed it with a toothbrush for a long time before cleaning it up. The Huang Mufu seals collected by Mr. Qian Junzao are now in the Qian Junzao Art Museum, which is also extremely precious.
Huang Mufu (1849-1908)
Huang Mufu (黄牧甫), a native of Yi County, Anhui Province, was originally named Shiling (士陵), also known as Mu Fu (穆甫), Mu Father (穆甫), and later as Mu Fu (穆甫), later in character lines. In his later years, he did not sign the Yishan people, the tired sorcerers, and the tired lords. MuFu has been interested in seal science since he was a child, and he practiced printing at the age of eight or nine. At the age of twenty-eight, he began an amateur career in Printing, he published the "Heart Sutra Seal Spectrum" in Nanchang, and in 1882, Mufu moved from Nanchang to Guangzhou, and soon became acquainted with a group of literati and scholars, and his printing skills were also appreciated by many officials. In 1885, due to the strong praise of the general Changshan and his son Zhirui and others, Mufu went to Beijing in August to supervise the industry, mainly devoted himself to the study of gold and stone. He received the guidance of Famous Artists such as Sheng Yu, Wang Yirong, and Wu Dacheng, expanded his horizons, enriched his collection, greatly improved his printing skills, and participated in the work of reproducing the Song Ben's "Stone Drum Text". In 1887, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangguang, and Wu Dacheng, the governor of Guangdong, set up the Guangya Bookstore in Guangzhou to engage in the engraving of scripture and history. Wu Dacheng and Mufu had an old relationship, so he invited Mufu to participate in the work of the Guangya Bookstore, and Mufu came to Guangzhou again. From the first time he came to Guangdong and lived for nearly four years, to the second time he came to Guangdong, he lived for fourteen years, and Mufu lived in Guangdong for a total of eighteen years. A large number of prints he left behind were engraved at this time. From the year model, most of the 53 square seals auctioned this time were engraved for this period.
Huang Shiling engraved "Wounded Beauty of the Late Twilight" Qingtian Stone Seal Side paragraph: Qu Zi Fuwen, Bo Hui genus, Mu Fu Zuo.
Huang Shiling engraved the "Wounded Beauty of The Late Twilight" Qingtian Stone Seal
Huang Shiling carved "Wounded Beauty of the Late Twilight" Qingtian stone seal partial
In May 1900, Mufu left Guangzhou and returned to Anhui. In the autumn of 1902, Mufu was invited by Duan Fang, the governor of Hubei and the governor of Huguang, to Wuchang to assist Duan Fang in compiling books such as Tao Zhai Ji Jinlu. In 1904, Mufu returned to his hometown and never made a comeback.
Huang Shiling inscription "Everything is for me to have" Qingtian stone seal Side section: Shiling carved as Bo Hui Da Ling, has been hai autumn day.
Huang Shiling carved "All things are for me to have" Qingtian stone seal
Huang Shiling carved "Foot Wu so fun and old Yan" Shoushan stone seal Side section: Wenshan Gongxia General Sima Yin, like the extreme of the vertebral chisel. The shepherd imitates it. It's been in July.
Huang Shiling carved the Shoushan stone seal of "Foot Wu Is Fun and Old"
What is the charm of Huang Mufuyin?
First, there is no doubt that Huang Mufu's seal engraving level is high. Huang Mufu's achievements in the art of seal engraving are mainly not bound by the Ming and Qing dynasties, learning from all schools, entering and leaving, not only introducing the ancient seal art to the contemporary era, but also changing the hundreds of years with rotten copper seals as the only criterion for imitating Han. Mr. Qian Junkui once commented on Huang Mufu's seal engraving: "In the later period of Guangzhou, it was more mature to show sharpness, strength, smoothness and beauty, which at first glance seemed dull, but in fact it was not dull, but contained the characteristics of infinite change, and could emerge at the end of the nineteenth century with the Cantonese faction when the second faction of Anhui and Zhejiang declined. ”
Mr. Fu Baoshi also commented on the seal inscription of Yuan Mufu: "Zhu Wen is better than Bai Wen, and the small seal is better than the big seal; it can not only show its strength in the subtleties, but also remove the branches between the relays." No matter how you are natural, you can learn Xu Sangeng's name soon, but you can't follow Mufu's footsteps for a short time. ”
The second is the most exquisite work that has been repeatedly written. This batch of Huang Mufu prints has been frequently recorded. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were many original plutonium seals, such as "Huang Shiling Seal", "Yishan Man Mr. Huang Mufu Seal", etc., and later a variety of Huang family photocopied seals were innumerable.
Third, the circulation is ready and the context is clear. The owners of these seals were: Ouyang Yun, Li Yinsang, Yu Dan, Cai Yuanyong, Long Fengbi, Li Shixun, etc., most of whom were scribes active in Lingnan and Huidi. Among them, Ouyang Yun and Huang Mufu have lived in his home for a long time and made countless prints for them, of which "Immortal Wuji", "Eternal Blessing", "Changle", "Meishou" and so on are all made for him. In addition, the 6 parties such as "lungs and livers are like snow eyes in the sky" and "Ming Ke has a real reason" were made by Huang Mufu for Li Yinsang, and this person was Huang Mufu's apprentice.
Huang Shiling carving "Red Sleeves Add Incense night reading" Qingtian stone seal Side section: Xin Ji Winter Day, Qin Qi Ren Brother Carving, Huang Shiling.
Huang Shiling carved "Red Sleeves Add Incense night reading" Qingtian stone seal
Huang Shiling carved "with the flower to convey the gods" Shoushan stone seal Side section: Man Shengzuo, Mufu imitation.
Huang Shiling carved "with the flower to convey the gods" Shoushan stone seal
Huang Shiling carved "hobbies and customs are sour and salty" Shoushan stone seal Side paragraph: Han Chang Li Reward Lu Si Men poem, Shi Ling carved as the fourth brother of Xuetao, here you can imagine that he is a man.
Huang Shiling carved "Hobbies and Customs" Shoushan Stone Seal
Huang Shiling carving "Stone Idiot" Qingtian Stone Beast Button Seal Side section: Bo Hongren brother should use, Shiling carving.
Huang Shiling carved the seal of the "Stone Idiot" Qingtian Stone Beast Button
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