Nguyen Phan Chanh Nguyen Phan Chanh 阮潘正 | Lesson in Chinese calligraphy 中國書法課

Nguyen Phan Chanh
1892 - 1984
Lesson in Chinese calligraphy

ink and gouache on silk
signed Ng Chan Phanh and dated 1932 (lower right); signed again in Chinese, stamped with the seal of the artist (upper right); inscribed in Chinese (left)
Executed in 1932.
64 by 49 cm.
25 by 19 ¼ in.
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阮潘正
1892-1984
中國書法課

水墨水粉絹本
款識
Ng Phan Chanh 1932 （右下）
阮潘正 藝術家鈐印 （右上）
一九三二年作
64 x 49 cm.
25 x 19 ¼ in.

Condition Report:
This work is in good overall condition as viewed. There is a 13 cm diagonal scratch to the silk at the lower left corner and a few at the left corner at the calligraphy inscriptions. There are some scattered small inconsistencies to the weave of the silk, consistent with the age and nature of the medium. Upon close inspection, there are a few scattered spots of white media accretion and pigment loss. Evidence of faint foxing primarily at the silk border and at the background in the upper quadrants of the work. Upon close inspection and bright light, there is evidence of tiny losses and associated restoration at the teacher's pants, at the background near the proper right student's shoulder, at her white top below her chin and near the inscriptions near the left edge. Examination under ultraviolet reveals tiny spots of inpainting associated with the above mentioned areas. Framed, under glass.

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Provenance:
Sotheby's Singapore, 2 April 2000, Lot 166

Private Collection, Singapore (acquired by the present owner from the above)

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新加坡蘇富比, 2000年4月2日， 拍品編號166

新加坡，私人收藏（現藏家購自上述拍賣）