Lot 201: Zhang Shuqi (Chang Shu-Chi, 1900-1957) Tree Peonies

Zhang Shuqi (Chang Shu-Chi, 1900-1957)
Tree Peonies
Tree PeoniesInk and colour on paper, framed Signed Zhang Shuqi, with one seal of the artist Dated the thirty-fourth year of the Republic era (1945)35.5 x 56cm (14 x 22in)

Provenance:Previously in the collection of Royal Ontario Museum, Canada. The painting was deaccession from the museum's collection in the 1950s and sold to its previous owner G. Everett Wilson, who paid twenty-five dollars for several months to acquire it. 張書旂 牡丹 設色紙本 鏡框 一九四五年作款識：卅四（1945）年，張書旂。鈐印：書旂來源：加拿大皇家安大略博物館舊藏。此拍品曾為加拿大皇家安大略博物館藏，後於上世紀五十年代將其出售予前藏家 G. Everett Wilson，以每月分期付款二十五加幣購得。註：畫背有加拿大多倫多海関入関郵戳，日期為1946年5月2日。