LV SHOUKUN (1919-1975) Lotus, 1974PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LINDSEY AND ROBERT HALLLV SHOUKUN (1919-1975)Lotus, 1974Mounted for framing, ink and color on paper, inscribed and signed by the artist, dated 1974, with three artist's seals reading Lv, zi cheng ming and an animal form (tiger) pictorial seal. 33 x 60in (83.8 x 152.4cm)呂壽琨（1919-1975） 禪荷　設色紙本　鏡心　一九七四年作款識：七四年畫，呂壽琨。鈐印：呂、自誠明、肖形印（虎）Provenance:Collection of Hugh Moss, acquired directly from the artist來源：莫士撝（Hugh Moss）舊藏Lu Shoukun originally studied painting with his father, Lv Canming (1892-1963), a lecturer in Chinese department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. However, he did not began painting in earnest until his thirties. By the 1960's his compositions approached pure abstraction, and for his innovative approach with traditional media, the artist is considered to be a seminal figure in the Modern Ink Art Movement in Hong Kong. In the artist's own monograph A Study of Chinese Painting published in 1957, he stated simply "for art, 'form' matters." 藝術必須有『形』.