QIU DESHU né en 1948) Lot n° 5

Autumn rhythms Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas, signed lower left 199 x 276 cm 78 11/32 x 108 21/32 in. We thank Mrs. Leda Fletcher for having kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work. PROVENANCE Leda Fletcher Gallery, Shanghai, June 2007 Acquired by the present owner in June 2007, from the Leda Fletcher Gallery, Shanghai. BIBLIOGRAPHY Fissuring - new works of Qiu Deshu, Leda Fletcher Gallery, Shanghai, described and reproduced on pages 6 and 7 and on the cover A painter from the Mao era in China, Qiu Deshu received a solid training in traditional artistic techniques, particularly ink. In the 1980s, he noticed a crack in a slate slab and was inspired to begin the Fissuring series, to which this work belongs. This piece combines a very accomplished technique in the mastery of paper and material effects on the one hand, and a Chinese cloudy and mountainous landscape on the other. AC2021