Lotus in Purity; Lotus, 1930
Ink on paper; ink and colour on paper, folding fan
Inscribed and signed Wu Hufan, with a dedication, one artist's seal and one collector's seal; the reverse signed Songshan jushi, with the same dedication, one artist's seal
Both dated gengwu year (1930)
18.5 x 43.5cm (7¼ x 17⅛in)
Footnotes
吳湖帆 清荷 水墨紙本 成扇 一九三〇年作
馮超然 芙蕖 設色紙本 一九三〇年作
款識:
〈吳〉庚午六月,為平齋法家教正。吳湖帆作於嵩山草堂。
〈馮〉平齋法家正之。庚午夏,嵩山居士漫筆。
鈐印:
〈吳〉丑簃長樂
〈馮〉毗陵馮超然書畫之章
藏印:安定
上款:「平齋」即朱鏡波(1889-1968),江蘇蘇州人。精書畫金石,與吳湖帆、馮超然過從甚密,得兩家合寫作品頗多,尤以一九二〇年代末至三〇年代初為主。
註:本箑吳湖帆、馮超然合繪,兩面皆水墨作清雅菡萏。芙蕖盛放,荷葉舒展,墨色淋漓,仿若微風拂過,更添清涼。一九二九年,吳、馮二人為朱氏寫《月波樓圖》。本箑寫於翌年,從題跋所示,兩家同寫於馮氏寓所「嵩山草堂」,可見三人是時往來之密切。