YE GONGCHUO (1881-1968) Bamboo and Rock

YE GONGCHUO (1881-1968)
Bamboo and Rock
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink on paper
67.8 x 36.6 cm. (26 3⁄4 x 14 3⁄8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated spring, thirty-seventh year (of the Republic, 1948)
Dedicated to Xibai (Rong Geng, 1894-1983)

NOTE:
The recipient of this work was Rong Geng. Born in Dongguan, Rong appraised the old collections of the Qing Palace and compiled them into books. Ye Gongchuo and Rong Geng had similar interests in calligraphy and paintings connoisseurship and academically.