Anonymous

Probably Ming Dynasty
Landscape with Scholars

Probably Ming Dynasty
Landscape with Scholars
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper, with four seals, cloth mount. 26cm (10 1/2in) high x 30.4cm (12in) wide.

或明 臨江對飲圖 紙本設色 冊頁

Provenance: Jean-Pierre Dubosc (1903-1988)
Mrs Gret Hasler (1895-1971), Winterthur, Switzerland, acquired from the above in November 1960, and thence by descent

Jean-Pierre Dubosc was a French connoisseur of Chinese art, diplomat stationed in China during the 1930s and 1940s, and son-in-law of the well-known art dealer C. T. Loo. He promoted Ming and Qing literati painting by organising exhibitions and selling works to Western museums and collectors.

A trip to New York, Chicago and Washington in 1937 was the starting point for Mrs Gret Hasler's interest in Chinese art. This she continued until the Second World War by acquiring objects from dealers in Paris, Sweden and New York.

來源：法國藏家杜伯秋（1903-1988）舊藏
瑞士溫特圖爾Gret Hasler夫人（1895-1971）舊藏，1960年11月購自上者，並由後人保存迄今

杜伯秋全名尚-皮耶·杜伯秋，自大學時研習亞洲文化，後娶古董商盧芹齋的小女兒為妻。二十世紀三、四十年代，杜伯秋於北京作為外交人員就職於法國大使館；後致力於中國明清文人書畫的研究與收藏，參與策劃了一系列重要展覽，並協助諸多西方博物館機構收集中國書畫。

Gret Hasler夫人對中國藝術的興趣始於1937年的紐約、芝加哥和華盛頓之行。此後，她持續自巴黎、瑞典和紐約的古董商處購藏藝術品，直至第二次世界大戰後。