Chang Dai-Chien's Paintings (Signed): With 130 Reproductions of the Master's Paintings Since 1944
Hong Kong: The East Society, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Quarto. 8.5 x 11.75 inches. Brush-signed by the artist. Bound in publisher's original stiff, French-fold, illustrated wrappers enclosed in clear, pliable, protective cover. Sewn binding. 134 pp. As this is a Chinese publication, the pagination and order of contents are “in reverse,” as are the wrappers. Illustrated throughout with 129 black & white reproductions, plus one two-panel color reproduction. Edited and published by Kao Ling-mei. Text in Chinese and English. English text by Yao Hsin-nung. Text includes Foreword, Gems of Professor Chang Dai-Chien's Talks on Painting, and Table of Contents at front, with Chronological Notes at back. Signed with brush by Chang Dai-Chien in Chinese and English. Wrappers crisp and clean. Left side of front panel shows a color reproduction of a painting by Chang Dai-Chien. Left side of front panel shows Chinese calligraphy that translates, top to bottom, as “Dai / Chien / Chang / Painting / Collection” and, at the foot of that panel, the red stamp of the Shanghai Masters Arts Research Association (MARA). Upper area of the back panel shows a large woodcut-style stamp with characters translating as, on the left, “billion-fold universe,” and, on the right, “Dai Chien.” The English title of the book is printed in Fraktur in the lower portion of the back panel. Condition: Top and leading edges of text block lightly foxed. Damp effect ripple to pages of final gathering with some staining on page 127. Binding excellent. Publisher’s original, removable, protective cover age-darkened and worn, but intact. Former owners’ names and date written in blue ink on English (back) title/copyright page. “#104” in marker and sticker removal scar on Chinese copyright page (verso of back wrap). Else, no internal markings. From the Foreword: "This book, which represents the epitome of CHANG Dai-chien's achievements since 1944, contains one hundred and thirty reproductions of his landscapes, human figures, plants, flowers, birds, animals and fish in both the elaborate and the hsieh yi styles.” Scarce in the market. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #0000018
Price: $1,500.00