張祥凝摹八大山水(清)

Landscape, trees

1946

65.5 cm (h) x 52.5 cm (w) (image)

191 cm (h) x 55 cm (w) (scroll)

Hanging scroll painting

Ink on paper

Title slip
題簽: 張祥凝摹八大山水 清
Translation: Zhang Xiangning Emulating Bada's Landscape (Qing)

Inscription (top left)
題跋: 八大山人寫 八大山人襟懷高曠筆情縱恣 丙戍寒食撫其大略於項鍾盧 作齋居士張祥凝
Translation: Bada shanren wrote. Bada shanren had a broad mind and his brush-feelings were unrestrained. [I] broadly emulated it at Xiangzhonglu in the Cold Food Festival of bingshu (1946) Zuozhai jushi Zhang Xiangning

Inscription on mounting:
裝裱題字: 清朱耷江西人明宗室字雪個號八大山人善山水花鳥筆情縱恣不泥成法
Translation: Qing-dynasty Zhu Da, a native of Jiangxi, a descendent of the Ming imperial clan, zi Xuege, sobriquet Bada shanren, was skilled in landscapes and flowesr-and-birds. His brush-feelings were unrestrained and not limited to established methods

Artist's seal (top left)
張年 (朱文方印)
Transliteration: Zhangzi (relief)
羊凝 (白文方印)
Transliteration: Yangning (intaglio)

Republican period, Guangdong province

Painting, Chinese