DAIXS1 Dai Qihe: XI SHAN WO YOU. (Dreams of Journeys amidst Streams and Hills). N.p., 2009. Album of 12 original paintings, each with colophon. Accordion-style. GBP 10,000.00 Dai Qihe was born in 1955 in Heilongjiang province in China. His work is that of the new literati school of painting (xin wenren hua) and this is a marvellous such example. It depicts twelve imaginary landscape scenes of hills and streams painted throughout the year, most with a solitary figure, hut or small boat. The style very much emulates traditional painting albums and, indeed, the colophons on a number of the paintings include the characters 'fanggu' - emulating the old'. Item 231 in List 203. Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |