“PORTRAIT OF A YOUTH”

Fei Cheng-wu (1911-2000)

Ink and colour on paper, mounted, framed
Signed Cheng-wu, with one seal of the artist
Label to reverse: [On Loan to the SOUTHAMPTON ART GALLERY, Artist: CHENG WU FEI, Title: Portrait of a Youth]

Note: The Feis were keen amateurs of Chinese opera. The subject of the painting appears to be a xiaosheng, the young scholar character.

費成武 “PORTRAIT OF A YOUTH”
設色紙本 鏡框
款識：成武
鈐印：[費]
標簽: [On Loan to the SOUTHAMPTON ART GALLERY, Artist: CHENG WU FEI, Title: Portrait of a Youth]
注： 費氏夫婦是中國戲曲的愛好者. 這幅畫的
主題似乎是年輕學者的人物叫《小生》

Dimensions: 46 by 37 cm

Price: £1,600