Ding Yanyong (Chinese, 1902-1978)

丁衍庸（1902-1978)

Three unmounted works, Ink and color on paper, comprising:
-Boy on a Water Buffalo Returning Home, inscribed, dedicated to Meilan Nvdi, signed and with one seal to upper left and side
-Fisherman and Scholar (with Woman and Dog), titled Yu Du Tu, dedicated to Meilan Nvdi, dated to a bingchen year (1976), signed and with one seal to upper left and side
-Three Heroes, titled Feng Chen San Xia, dedicated to Meilan Nvdi, dated to a bingchen year (1976), signed and with one seal to upper left and side.

32 x 13 3/4 in.; 81.5 x 35 cm.;27 1/2 x 20 in., 70 x 50.8 cm.; 21 1/2 x 19 1/2 in., 54.5 x 49.5 cm.

Property from an important American Collection

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Property from an important American Collection, gifted from the artist in 1975-1976.

In 1975 and 1976, the collector, an American photographer, and her husband worked in Hong Kong on an artist’s grant and fellowship study respectively. The American artist soon became one of Ding's first Western pupils. Ding gave her the Chinese sobriquet 'Meilan' or 'Beautiful Orchid', and this name appears as part of the dedication on many works. The collector and the artist became quite close, and Ding gave her mounted scrolls and more informal rapid studies.

來源：

畫家於1976年贈與現藏家。

1975-1976年，現藏家——一對美國攝影師伉儷，在香港學習藝術。經友人引薦結識丁衍庸，成為丁的首位西洋弟子。丁為之取名“美蘭”，師徒情深，贈畫頗多，且附上款。