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Modern Asian Art - Ding Yanyong - Nude J.

Ding Yanyong 丁衍庸
Ding Yanyong 丁衍庸
Nude J. 《裸女》
1963
Oil on board 油彩木板
45.8 x 30.4 cm
Courtesy of Sotheby's Hong Kong

In the 1960s, Ding Yanyong rekindled his passion for seals.  Nude J. created around this time, displays traits inspired by traditional seal carvings, delineating the subject with the elegance of Chinese epigraphy techniques.  The current work comes from the collection of Belgian sinologist Perre Ryckmans, who acquired the work in Hong Kong after developing a friendship with Ding during the 1960s, when has was conducting research and teaching at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.  Rickman's collection of Chinese paintings was sold as a special auction at Sotheby's Hong Kong Fine Chinese Paintings Auction in 2016.

1960 年代, 丁衍庸在香港中文大學新亞書院執教, 隨著生活逐漸安穩, 他亦重拾多年來對璽印的愛好, 此時誕生的《裸女》, 即可見丁公引入篆刻靈感, 先塗油彩、繼而刮剔, 以充滿金石韻味的線條勾勒人物。本作出自比利時漢學家李克曼( Perre Ryckmans )「無用堂」舊藏, 李氏於 1960 年代到中文大學進修與執教, 與丁公結下友誼, 由是獲得本作。

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