Qi Baishi (1864-1957)Magnolia and Bees, 1953 Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, inscribed by the artist at ninety-three years old, signed Bashi Laoren with two artist's seals Qi Baishi and Jiping Tang , the outer titleslip with the collector's seals of Tsao Jung Ying. 45 1/2 x 16in (116 x 41cm) 齊白石 玉蘭蜜蜂 設色紙本 立軸 一九五三年作 Provenance/來源: Collection of Tsao Jung Ying (1929-2011) Far East Fine Arts, San Francisco, California 曹仲英舊藏 加州舊金山遠東藝術畫廊 Published/出版: Teisuke Toda and Hiromitsu Ogawap. prehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Paintings, Third Series, Volume 1: American and Canadian Collections, University of Tokyo Press, 2013, A50-80, p.208 戶田禎佑、小川裕充，《中國繪畫總合圖錄》三編，第一卷，東京大學出版會，東京，2013年，A50-80，頁208 Little, Stephen, and J. May Lee Barrett. New Songs on Ancient Tunes: 19th-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Richard Fabian Collection , Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2007, pp.456-457 Little, Stephen, J. May Lee Barrett,《古調新歌：費立哲神父珍藏十九及二十世紀中國書畫》，檀香山藝術博物館，夏威夷，2007年，頁456-457 Andrews, Julia Frances, Michael Knight, and Pauline Yao. Between the Thunder and the Rain: Chinese Paintings from the Opium War Through the Cultural Revolution, 1840-1979 , San Francisco: Echo Rock Ventures, in association with the Asian Art Museum-Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, 2000, p.148 Andrews, Julia Frances, Michael Knight, and Pauline Yao,《風雲際會：從鴉片戰爭到「文革」（1840-1979）的中國繪畫》，亞洲藝術博物館，李鐘文亞洲藝術文化中心，舊金山，加州，2000年，頁148 Tsao Jung-Ying, The Paintings of Xugu and Qi Baishi , University of Washington Press, 1993, pp.391-393 曹仲英，《虛谷與齊白石繪畫》，華盛頓大學出版社，1993年，頁391-393 Exhibited/展覽: The Carved Brush, Calligraphy Painting and Seal Carving By Qi Baishi , Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, San Francisco, California, October 29, 2013-July 13, 2014 《齊白石書法、繪畫及篆刻藝術展》，亞洲藝術博物館，李鐘文亞洲藝術文化中心，舊金山，加州，2013年10月29日至2014年7月13日 New Songs on Ancient Tunes , Honolulu Art Academy, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 30-October 28, 2007 《古調新歌：費立哲神父珍藏十九及二十世紀中國書畫》，檀香山藝術博物館，夏威夷，2007年8月30日至10月28日 Between the Thunder and the Rain , Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, San Francisco, California, October 25, 2000-January 14, 2001 《風雲際會：從鴉片戰爭到「文革」（1840-1979）的中國繪畫》，亞洲藝術博物館，舊金山，加州，2000年10月25日至2001年1月14日 Painted in 1953, when Qi Baishi was in his nineties, thisposition of blossoming magnolia ( Yulan ) and bees showcases his continued mastery of brush and ink in his final years of a long and fruitful career. The inked branches cascade down from the upper right, with the smaller twigs jutting off at sharp angles. Reversing this downward movement, numerous young buds point up to the sky, and two flowers open to show a red and yellow interior, contrasting with the paper-white petals. The touches of intense color disrupt the monochromatic scheme, and two bees in flight, their wings blurred in motion, hover in anticipation. T