ZHANG XIANGNING (1911-1958), LIU BINGHENG (1915-2003), LU ZISHU (1900-1978)
Landscape and Calligraphy
Four fan leaves, ink and colour / ink on paper
1. ZHANG XIANGNING (1911-1958)
Conversation in the Cottage / Calligraphy in Running Script
Fan leaf, mounted for framing, ink and colour on paper
18.5 x 48.5 cm. (7 ¹⁄₄ x 19 ¹⁄₈ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated fifth day of the fifth month, renwu year (1942)
Dedicated to Yinlu
Calligraphy in Running Script inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated renwu year (1942)
Dedicated to Yinlu

2. ZHANG XIANGNING (1911-1958)
Boating / Calligraphy in Running Script
Fan leaf, mounted for framing, ink and colour on paper
13 x 43.5 cm. (5 ¹⁄₈ x 17 ¹⁄₈ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated Double Seventh Festival, guiwei year (1943)
Dedicated to Madame Lingshuang
Calligraphy in Running Script inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Madame Lingshuang
Dated guiwei year (1943)

3. LIU BINGHENG (1915-2003)
Misty Landscape
Fan leaf, ink on paper
19 x 49.5 cm. (7 ¹⁄₂ x 19 ¹⁄₂ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated summer, renyin year (1962)
Dedicated to Yinlu

4.
LU ZISHU (1900-1978)
Pavilion by the River / Calligraphy in Running Script
Fan leaf, ink and colour on paper / ink on gold-flecked paper
15.5 x 48 cm. (6 ¹⁄₈ x 18 ⁷⁄₈ in.)
Pavilion by the River inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated summer, gengyin year (1950)
Calligraphy in Running Script inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated summer, gengyin year (1950)

NOTE:
He Xiufeng (1898-1970), born in Zhongshan, Guangdong, was the father of Ho Mang Hang, and a famous seal carver and collector. He worked under Wang Jingwei and helped published Poetry of Shuangzhaolou.

Li Lingshuang, wife of He Xiufeng, was the younger sister of Li Peishu. The couple met Wang Jingwei and Chen Bijun through the introduction of her sister.

Wang Jingwei remains one of the most fascinating and complex political and literary figures in modern Chinese history. As a revolutionary, Wang played an important role in the fall of the Qing dynasty and called for democratic and social reforms during the 1920s and the 1930s, before becoming a leader of the Peace Movement during the Second Sino-Japanese War. An accomplished calligrapher, poet, writer and friend to many artists, Wang is also well-known for his collection of poetry, titled Shuangzhaolou shicigao, including Xiaoxiuji (A Little Rest) and Saoyeji (Brush Leaves) collections. A selection of poems and translation has been published in Poems of Wang Ching-wei (London, Allen & Unwin, 1938).