Yu YouRen (Chinese, 1879-1964), ink on paper laid to silk. A graissele Calligraphy lettering inscriptions with artist's signature and iron-red seals.
Matted on grayish-green silk border.

Dimension: 84" H x 21.5"W; Inner painting Dim: 48.5"H x 11"W

The Sale Will Benefit IFGF Church of Atlanta

LOT NOTES:
Yu YouRen, Yu Yu-jen (Chinese; April 11, 1879-November 10, 1964) was an educator, scholar, calligrapher, and politician in the Republic of China.
Yu was a scholar of calligraphy and is regarded as one China's modern masters. His works in cursive and semi-cursive manner are intensely animated. He is perhaps best known for his calligraphy and published related works on the topic. Because his later years were spent in Taiwan, his writing style is very popular and his works are considered very desirable by collectors. Yu completed numerous ink works, stone carvings, and title plaques while living in Taipei including works for the National Museum of History, Din Tai Fung, Xingtiang Temple, and the Shilin Official Residence. The Pamir Snow Gnawing Association established a cultural park known as the Pamir Cultural Park in a quiet and secluded mountainous area of Taipei City called Wuzhishan. The park commemorates about 300 KMT soldiers who hid out in the Pamir Mountains after the Chinese Civil War and were able to eventually escape to Taiwan. It had engraved at the site examples of the titles and poetry of Yu Yu-jen into stones and rocky outcroppings, forming a beautiful outdoor garden of his calligraphy. Among the hills of the area is an open space where the association erected a monument. Each of the characters for the title calligraphed by Yu Yu-jen was engraved into individual slabs of marble and then inlaid into a concrete pillar.

Reference:Similar Chinese calligraphy scroll from the artist YuYouRen sold at previous EDEN May 23rd 2015 auction for $25,000 (Lot 301)

Natural imperfection on the medium (paper or silk), regardless from any major damages; includes light blooms, discoloration and minor fading. Consider normal due to the ages.

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