Jianbao life

Chapter 1054

The waiter led everyone into a private room, poured everyone a cup of tea, said goodbye and walked out.

Knowing that Chu Chen and the others were short on time, Peng Fangyue showed his respect to everyone, and took the painting out of the calligraphy and painting brocade box.

This painting is also a "Picture of Erxiang", but the artistic conception is different. The paper and leaves are floating with the wind, near or far, or gathered or scattered, slowly flying and landing, and the two ladies stand gracefully, During the small steps, the expression is solemn and slightly sad, which highlights the sadness of autumn and the theme of the work.

In other words, if you look carefully, this painting is indeed a rare good painting, but judging from the points pointed out by Professor Gao earlier, this painting is undoubtedly a fake. This result will not change until Fu Baoshi has not fully established his own style of painting.

Because even if Fu Baoshi hadn’t formed his own style of painting at that time, he always had his due characteristics in terms of brushwork and other aspects, but there were mistakes in this aspect in this painting. You said that this may happen if it is an authentic work. thing?

In addition, there is another major flaw in this painting...

When Chu Chen put down the magnifying glass in his hand, Peng Fangyue hurriedly asked about the result nervously. It is normal for him to be nervous, because he bought this painting not cheap.

As the "leading stock" in my country's calligraphy and painting market, Fu Baoshi's works began to enter the circulation field as early as the 40s. In 1984, a set of album pages of Fu Baoshi's "Poetry of the Tang Dynasty" was auctioned in Xiangjiang, with a transaction price of 160 million Hong Kong dollars, setting the highest record for modern Chinese painting auctions at that time.

In 1996, his figure painting masterpiece "Beauty Walk" was sold at RMB 1078 million, setting the highest auction record for modern calligraphy and painting works in my country.

With all these things, everyone should understand the value of Fu Baoshi's works.Most of the works that have been repeatedly sold for sky-high prices at major auctions belong to the Jingangpo period, but if the painting in front of you removes those few mistakes, it is not much worse than the exquisite works of the Jingangpo period.Therefore, the price is of course not much cheaper.

However, it was obvious that Peng Fang was getting more and more disappointed, and Chu Chen said regretfully, "Old Peng, I don't like this painting very much."

Peng Fang was stunned for a moment, then took a deep breath, and asked, "Mr. Chu, I would like to trouble you to explain the reason."

"this is necessary……"

Chu Chen first pointed out several mistakes in the painting one by one, and then said: "In addition, there is one biggest flaw in this painting."

"What flaw?" Jiang Jiachang asked quickly.

Chu Chen explained: "Most of the characters in Fu Baoshi's paintings are ancient masters, legendary ladies and other long-standing figures. These figures did not leave images and statues for future reference at that time. The rough description of historical materials forms some general vague impressions."

"Fu Baoshi has devoted his whole life to the study of art theory, and he has a deep understanding of traditional culture, so he has a profound cultural accumulation in painting figures. This also allows him to form many unique characteristics in figure painting."

"The most obvious feature is the 'multiple faces', whether it is the faces of ladies painted in "The Picture of the King of Xiang", "The Picture of the King of Xiang Across the River", "The Lady of Xiang", "The Picture of Erxiang" and "Mountain Ghost". They are all very plump, their brows, eyebrows, and head crowns are painted gracefully and luxuriously, with extraordinary temperament, and they are all very similar in shape."

Speaking of this, Chu Chen pointed to the face of "Erxiang" in the painting in front of him, and said: "Although the author has portrayed the expressions of these two ladies well, he obviously forgot this characteristic of Fu Baoshi's paintings of ladies. , the face is different from the original one, which can be seen only by comparing it with Professor Gao’s "Erxiang Tu".

After hearing what Chu Chen said, Professor Gao quickly took out his painting. Through comparison, everyone found that, as Chu Chen said, the appearance of the ladies in Peng Fangyue's painting was quite different.

For this result, Peng Fang felt very disappointed. After a while, he asked a little bit unwillingly: "Mr. Chu, are there any exceptions to this point?"

Chu Chen shook his head: "If you want to say that there are [-]% no exceptions, then I can't guarantee it, but I haven't found this phenomenon in the few works of Fu Baoshi's ladies that I have admired. You can also find other related Compare the works."

Hearing this, Peng Fangyue scratched his forehead and looked very anxious. He murmured, "How is this possible? I bought it at an auction. I have an appraisal certificate from an authoritative expert. How could there be any problems? ?”

When Chu Chen heard Peng Fangyue's words, he couldn't help shaking his head. Are there any fakes in the auction?This is obviously unrealistic.

In particular, Fu Baoshi's works, due to their huge market value and market potential, have undoubtedly become the targets of many counterfeiters.For example, from December 1999, 12 to January 10, 2000, the exhibition titled "The Charm of King Kong Fu Baoshi Special Exhibition of Works from the King Kong Po Period" was exhibited at the Shanghai Museum. The authenticity of the works caused a huge sensation at the time.

And because of Fu Baoshi's popularity, many auctions now have Fu Baoshi's works, as if there is no auction without Fu Baoshi.There is almost no large-scale and high-grade auction without Fu Baoshi's paintings.But because of this, it is doomed that quite a lot of "Fu Baoshi" are fake.

Just think about it, a person's lifetime creations are limited after all. Fu Baoshi's paintings, except for the collections of major museums, Fu Baoshi's family members, Fu Baoshi's former friends and a small number of collectors, the rest should be very limited in the market.How can it be possible to find Chang Xin in the auction market?

Even if it is an authentic work, it must be quite precious if it is in the pocket of a collector, so how can it be easily sold to the market?

Now Fu Baoshi’s counterfeit works, in addition to some high imitations, there are counterfeiters who put together various faces in Fu Baoshi’s paintings, and some counterfeiters even send some paintings that resemble Fu Baoshi’s style to the auction after remodeling. OK.

Chu Chen had heard before that at a large auction in the capital, a work marked as "Fu Baoshi" was estimated to be worth millions of yuan, and its real author was the curator of the Fu Baoshi Memorial Hall at the time. This painting is a Fu Baoshi painting that he copied more than ten years ago, and it was only sold at a price of 1000 yuan per foot.

In fact, not only Chu Chen knew about this situation, but also Zhao Qirui and Jiang Jiachang.

Unlike Chu Chen and Peng Fangyue who just dealt with each other, Jiang Jiachang was more familiar with them, so he briefly told them the inside story: "...This shows the flood of Fu Baoshi's fakes in the market, and with the With the development of modern technology, counterfeiting is more concealed and deceptive, so you must be cautious about any painting that is written with a certain authoritative certification, and put a few more question marks."

"But... hey!" Peng Fangyue swallowed the words that came to his lips, and then politely asked: "Mr. Chu, can you wait a little longer and help me identify this work, is it the same as this one?" It was taken together with "The Picture of Erxiang."

Since the appraisal just now didn't take long, and there was still some time, Chu Chen nodded and said, "Yes."

Seeing that Chu Chen agreed, Peng Fangyue hastily took the painting out of the brocade box, opened it, and found that it was actually a painting of "Pine and Eagle" by Qi Baishi.

"Pine Eagle" is the subject of Qi Baishi's frequent paintings. He created many pictures of pine eagles, the most famous of which is "Pine Eagle Picture" presented to Xu Beihong in 1928.

From the perspective of composition and shape, this "Pine and Eagle Picture" is very similar to the one he presented to Xu Beihong. The pine trunk runs through the painting from top to bottom, showing a firm air; The image is suddenly born; a few strands of pine needles are added to the side to add interest.

The rough and free depiction of the tree trunk is in contrast to the fineness of the pine needles;In this work, the eagle's beak, claws, and eyes are drawn with strong ink lines. The beak is sharp and curved, and the toes and claws with sharp hooks are vigorous and powerful. The strong and beautiful pine needles reveal a kind of domineering in loneliness.

This painting also looks like a masterpiece, but when Chu Chen saw the date of signature, he shook his head secretly. The possibility of this painting is very fake!
Due to time constraints, Chu Chen quickly observed the details of the painting, and then said, "Old Peng, I'm really sorry, I don't like this painting either."

"Why!" Peng Fangyue couldn't believe his ears.

Although Jiang Jiachang was also surprised by this result, but seeing that Peng Fangyue's mood was a little unstable, he quickly persuaded him: "Mr. If there is a problem with the auction, we can discuss it."

After all, Peng Fangyue was well-informed, and after hearing Jiang Jiachang's words, he calmed down after a while.

Seeing this, Chu Chen began to explain: "Old Peng, I don't know if you know Qi Baishi's life? You must know that Qi Baishi did not record the age of 77 years old, because the fortune teller told him that there is a hurdle at the age of 77, and this year will be very difficult. Sad, Qi Baishi cheated himself, he kept himself in the house for three days without seeing anyone, and sent food in through the window, and when he came out, he announced that he was 78."

"So, he probably doesn't have works from the year of 76 and 77. Whether there will be special exceptions, I dare not say absolutely, maybe there will be, but this possibility is the same as your "Erxiang Tu". It is very small, at least among the works of Qi Baishi I have seen before, I have never seen the works of 76 or 77."

"Qi Baishi doesn't have a work from 77?!" Peng Fangyue widened his eyes, looking very unbelievable. He really didn't know this, let alone him, except for Jiang Jiachang, who secretly blamed himself for being careless. Neither knew about it.

And this painting by Peng Fangyue was painted by Qi Baishi when he was 77 years old. From this point of view, the probability of being a fake is self-evident.

(End of this chapter)