LIU HAISU (1896-1994)Magnificent Peaks and Pines of HuangshanInk and colour on paper, horizontal scroll, framedTitled, inscribed and signed Liu Haisu, with seven artist's sealsDated renxu (1982)66 x 135cm (26 x 53⅛in)For further information on this lot please visit theArtist or Maker: Liu Haisu (Chinese, 1896-1994)Provenance: The world's famous Huangshan in Anhui Province was a favored destination for Chinese painters for centuries who seek inspiration from the breathtaking scenery. Liu Huaisu visited the scenic site on ten occasions. The currentposition was executed in 1982, after the artist's ninth trip. Depicting Shixin peak, one of the many famed vistas on Huangshan, Liu Huaisu renders the many named and dramatically shaped pine trees amid a symphony of colour.劉海粟　奇峰松海　設色紙本　橫批　鏡框　一九八二年作款識：奇峰松海。黃山多松林，此峰獨神秀。天風撼翠濤，勁骨弄清瘦。守此歲寒姿，敢謂冰霜厚。豈不懷棟梁，永養山中壽。壬戌（1982）重陽，九登黃嶽，潑彩為始信峰寫生，逸興遄飛，不知何時擱筆也。劉海粟，年方八七。鈐印：武進劉氏、海粟之印、海粟歡喜、真手不壞、曾經滄海、一洗萬古凡馬空、九上黃山絕頂人註：劉海粟一生十上黃山，他曾如是表達對黃山的愛戀：「黃山為天下絕秀，千峰萬嶂，千雲直上，不贅不附，如矢如林。幽深險怪，詭奇百出，晴巒烟雨，儀態萬方。其一泉一石，一林一壑，不僅觸發你的詩思，惠你畫稿，提供無限美境，或使你心曠神怡，或使你無言對坐，寢食皆廢，終日忘機，以至闊別數十年，仍然保持嫉深印象，一朝念及，回憶便如飛流傾瀉，縱使白髮垂耳，心情也貼近生命的春天」。本作寫於一九八二年，乃海粟第九次登臨。畫寫始信峰，屬黃山名景，更匯聚衆多膾炙人口的奇松：接引松、龍爪松、探海松等。瑰麗的景色激發畫家無限靈感，「逸ഀ... For further information on this lot please visit the