Lot No: 4161

Estimate(RMB): 2,600,000-3,600,000

Price Realized(RMB):3,737,500(Including commission)

齐白石画鸽始于新中国成立后,在二十世纪五十年代初一片世界和平的呼声中,鸽子从旧时作为信鸽的实用、作为玩物的娱乐一跃而为和平的象征符号,亦成为齐白石晚年作品中最重要的题材之一。本幅《和平永续》作于1954年,参考《齐白石全集》以及辽宁省博物馆所藏两件相近年份的《双鸽图》,此时齐白石画鸽水平已臻化境,信笔而为,妙趣天成。两只和平鸽相望,一黑一灰,一浓一淡,憨态可掬,和蔼可亲,独特生动。据胡佩衡父子在《齐白石的画法与欣赏》一书中的回忆,老人画鸽十分注意其神,他说:“画鸽要画出令人感到和蔼可亲,才有和平气氛。”静观此作,尤觉如此。白石老人最初创作和平鸽是1950年应《人民画报》社创作“和平鸽”之邀,凭借过去写生印象创作而成。这一时期,齐白石画中的鸽子没有肉冠,造型也比较简单。在创作几幅之后,因感对鸽子还缺乏仔细观察,此后白石老人亲自喂养并日夜观察鸽子的轮廓、羽毛、爪子、神态等,直至1952年其画鸽技法已日趋成熟。以本幅《和平永续图》中双鸽为例,双鸽羽毛饱含光泽又富有层次,体态矫健,双目传神,并且在鸽子嘴的上部加了一笔小肉冠,白石老人认为肉冠与鸽子的特征有关,故不能省略。齐白石曾将自己所创作的和平鸽与毕加索所绘和平鸽进行比较,言道:“他(毕加索)画鸽子飞时要画出翅膀振动。我画的鸽子翅膀不振动,但要在不振动中看出振动来。”观此幅《和平永续》中双鸽深有此感。画面上方缀有菊花两簇,自古以来以菊入画即有延年益寿之意,而本幅和平鸽佐以丛菊便有祈愿世界和平永续、讴歌美好生活之美好寓意。1956年4月27日,世界和平理事会将“国际和平奖”授予白石老人。9月1日,授奖仪式在北京举行,世界和平理事会副主席郭沫若主持,茅盾代表理事会国际奖金评议委员会致贺辞并授予齐白石奖章、荣誉证书,周恩来总理亲临会场向齐白石祝贺。典礼上,齐白石深情答词:“正由于我爱我的家乡,爱我祖国美丽富饶的山河大地,爱大地上一切活生生的生命,因而花了我毕生的精力,把一个普通中国人的感情画在画里,写在诗里。直到近几年来,我才体会到,原来我所追逐的就是和平。”本拍品有《齐白石全集》、《齐白石画集》等权威出版,由吴平题签、京剧名家马玉琪旧藏,并附马玉琪先生与本拍品合影照片。画作尺寸虽与《齐白石全集》中所标尺寸有偏差,但此举是马玉琪为防“依书作伪”而设计的巧思,故意为之,并非《齐白石全集》中个例,如2017春北京荣宝LOT367齐白石《江上余霞图》在《齐白石全集》中所标尺寸为120×38cm,而实际尺寸为152×48.5cm,诸如此类,不一一。QI BAISHI PIGEONS AND CHRYSANTHEMUMSInk and color on paper, mountedDated 1954Illustrated: 1. Qi Baishi's Paintings, Cultural Relics Press, 19922. Paintings by Qi Baishi, vol. 7, p. 235, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 19963. Qi Baishi·Bird, p. 119, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 2016Note: Titled by Wu Ping.Attached is a photo of Ma Yuqi and the lot.Provenance: Previously collected by Ma Yuqi.113×34.5cmRMB: 2,600,000-3,600,000
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