Forgeries of Bada Shanren Album

Object Details

• Artist

  Zhang Daqian 張大千 (China, 1899-1983)

• Description

  Album of master forgeries by Chang Dai-chien (1899-1983) based on the authentic album F1955.21a-n. The forged album consists of:

  Ten leaves of painting and one leaf of calligraphy, all signed as Zhu Da (ca. 1626-ca. 1705).

  Ten leaves of calligraphy, signed as Niu Shihui (17th-early 18th century), who was Zhu Da's younger brother.

  One genuine colophon, undated (but from post-1950) by Chang Dai-chien himself.

  One genuine colophon, dated 1966, by Zhuang Yan (1898-1980), former Associate Director of the Palace Museum, Taiwan, and a close friend of Chang Dai-chien's.

• Provenance

  To 1991

  Hai-Sheng Chou, Taipei, Taiwan, to 1991 [1]

  From 1991

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hai-Sheng Chou in 1991

  Notes:

  [1] According to Shen C. Y. Fu, the object left mainland China around 1949, and passed through the hands of a number of dealers and collectors in Taiwan before ending up with Mr. Hai-Sheng Chou (see Curatorial Note 6, Shen C. Y. Fu, October 26, 1990, in the object record).

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  After the Madness: The Secular Life, Art, and Imitation of Bada Shanren (1626-1705) (February 16 to July 27, 2003)

  Masterpieces of Chinese Calligraphy (June 7, 1994 to March 20, 1995)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hai-Sheng Chou

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1890s, 1980s

• Name

  Chou, Hai-Sheng

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Cursive script, Art, Chinese Art, Fishes, Forgery, Modern period (1912 - present)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings