24. Orchid

Ink and colour on paper, mounted, framed
Signed bingshu zhong xia Cheng-wu, with one seal of the artist, mid-summer 1946
Pencilled on reverse in the artist’s hand "1950s"

設色紙本 鏡框
款識：成武
鈐印：[費成武]

Provenance:
Estate of the Artist

Towards the end of his life, Fei worked through his paintings adding approximate dates of composition in pencil. In this case – indicative of his conservative nature - he has added “1950s”, though the inscription on the painting, which he has missed, clearly states bingshu, the equivalent of 1946. 

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Dimensions: 39 x 21 cm

Date: Fei Cheng-wu (1911-2000)