LOT 1672-1679
FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. YUNG PING

YU YOUREN (1879-1964)
Calligraphic Couplet
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on paper
Each scroll measures 65.5 x 16 cm. (25 ¾ x 6 ¼ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated fifth month, thirty-eighth year of the Republic (1949)
Dedicated to Jingxi

Specialist Note:
The recipient of this painting is Yung Ping (1907-1998), a well-known journalist and government official, who served as Deputy Head of the Central News Agency. He was an enthusiastic collector of modern Chinese paintings and calligraphy. In Hong Kong, he became acquainted with many artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan at the time, including Zhao Shao’ang, Pu Ru, Yu Youren, and Guan Shanyue, who dedicated their works to him.