Bestående av; en rulle med ett stadslandskap invid mur, med sigill och kalligrafi. Mått motiv 64x125 cm. Mått hängande rulle 72x156 cm. En rulle med en avklappning med motiv av bambu och kalligrafi. Motivets mått 40,5x62 cm. Mått hängandes 50x155 cm. En avklappning med kalligrafi, motivets mått 64x130 cm. Mått hängandes 78x225 cm. En Avklappning med bambu, kalligrafi. Motivets mått 58x115 cm. Mått hängandes 69x206 cm.
Slitage.
From the Collection of Sven Lindqvist (1932-2019), a well renowned Swedish author whose 35 books range from travel and reportage to essays, aphorisms, autobiography, and documentary prose. 1960-62 he studied at Peking University and was 1961-62 cultural attaché at the Swedish Embassy. He formed a life-long attachment to Chinese Art and culture, especially calligraphy.
During his studies at Peking University Lindqvist was fascinated by a Tang dynasty painter famous for his murals: Wu Tao-tzu. The legend has it that he - after having just finished a wall-painting, he suddenly clapped his hands and a gate in the painting opened. Wu Tao-tzu entered into his art, the gate closing behind him, and he was never seen again. The Myth of Wu Tao-tzu, by Sven Lindqvist, (Bonniers 1967, in English, Granta 2012), is the story of what happened to the painter in the painting.