Li Keran (1907-1989)


Three Buffaloes Ink and colour on paper, framedTitled, inscribed and signed Keran, with four seals of the artistDated 1987 and dingmao year Further inscribed and signed Keran, with four seals of the aritst64.5 x 96cm (25⅜ x 37¾in)
|Provenance:According to the current owner, acquired from Hai Ou Gallery, Singapore, in the early 1990s李可染　三牛圖　設色紙本　鏡框　一九八七年作款識：三牛圖。牛也，力大無窮，俯首孺子而不逞強，終生勞瘁，事農而安。不居功，純良溫馴，時亦強犟，穩步向前，足不踏空。皮毛骨肉無不有用，形容無華，氣宇軒宏。吾崇其性，學其品，愛其形。故屢屢寫之不倦。一九八七年歲次丁卯龝。可染畫於師牛堂。牛！春夏秋冬汗水流，泥濕透，田野綠油油。牛！朝出耕耘日落休，身何索？五穀給人留。牛！徹夜反芻為金秋，心何盼？萬頃報豐收。海岩詞十六字令。可染再題。鈐印：白髮學童、李、可染、師牛堂、老李、可染、廢畫三千、陳言務去來源：原藏家上世紀九十年代初購自新加坡海鷗畫廊註：海鷗畫廊一九七八年成立於獅城，由著名報人蔡建奕（b.1916）創辦，在新加坡極富盛名。早期以經營近現代名家書畫為主，蔡氏與李可染、啟功、劉海粟等皆有過從，並在上個世紀八十年代為多位中國畫家於新加坡舉辦個展。二〇〇三年，海鷗畫廊結束營業。