Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 23 Nov 2021
XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
徐悲鴻（1895-1953） 戰馬圖
XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
WAR HORSE
A fine Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, inscribed, signed Beihong and dated dingchou year (1937), with two artist's seals, dedicated to Yu Dawei (1897-1993), the other inscription by Yu Dawei with one seal, dated 5th May 1943, given to Field Marshal Wavell as his 60th birthday, 130cm x 38cm.
Provenance: Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, KStJ, PC, 1883-1950, and thence by descent.
Yu Dawei (1897-1993) served as the Minister of Transport and National Defence and Lieutenant General of the Republic of China Army. He studied philosophy and mathematics at both Harvard and Berlin Universities. Yu later received a formal education in ballistics and artillery and played a crucial role in the modernization and reformation of the national military defence of the Republic of China.
設色紙本 立軸
題識：哀鳴思戰鬥，迴立向蒼蒼。大維仁兄屬畫已逾一年，仍無佳作惶愧。丁丑春暮，悲鴻。
鈐印：悲鴻、永以為好
俞大維題識：魏菲爾元帥六十壽謹檢藏畫奉祝中華民國三十二年五月五日俞大維。
鈐印：俞大維
來源：英國陸軍元帥阿奇博爾德·波西瓦爾·魏菲爾伯爵一世（1883-1950）收藏，之後由其後人繼承。
俞大維 (1897-1993)，中華民國陸軍中將，美國哈佛大學哲學博士，畢業後至德國柏林大學深造，曾任中華民國交通部部長、國防部部長等職。余其後逐漸轉向彈道、砲術研究，積極為中華民國國防軍現代化改革作出重大貢獻。
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