PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF C.C. WANG (WANG JIQIAN, 1907-2003) AND FAMILY 王己千(1907-2003)及家族珍藏MU XIN (1927-2011)
Silent ExpanseUnmounted, ink and color on paper, signed S. Mu Xin. 26 x 26 4/3in (66.5 x 68cm)
Provenance:Collection of C.C. Wang (Wang Jiqian, 1907-2003), acquired directly from the artist, thereafter by descent.木心(1927-2011) 幽階一夜苔生 設色紙本 鏡心款識:S. 木心來源:王己千(王季遷,1907-2003)舊藏,直接得自藝術家,繼由其後人珍藏至今。「野果成全了果園,大河肥沃了大地,牛羊入欄,五糧豐登,然後群鶯亂飛,而且幽階一夜苔生——歷史短促的國族,即使是由衷的歡哀,總嫌浮佻庸膚,畢竟沒有經識過多少盛世兇年,多少鈞天齊樂的慶典、薄海同悲的殤禮,尤其不是朝朝暮暮在無數細節上甘苦與共休戚相關,即使那里天有時地有利人也和合,而山川草木總嫌寡情乏靈,那里的人是人,自然是自然,彼此尚未涵融尚未鐘毓......海外有春風、芳革,深宵的犬吠,秋的丹楓,隨之綿衍到煎魚的油香,鄰家嬰兒的夜啼,廣式蘇式月餅。大家都自言自語:不是這樣,不是這樣的。心里的感喟:那些都是錯了似的。因為不能說"錯了的春風,錯了的芳草",所以只能說不盡然、不完全......異邦的春風旁若無人地吹,芳草漫不經心地綠,獵犬未知何故地吠,楓葉大事揮霍地紅,煎魚的油一片汪洋。鄰家的嬰啼似同隔世,月餅的餡兒是百科全書派......就是不符,不符心坎里的古華夏今中國的觀念、概念、私心雜念......鄉愁,去國之離憂,是這樣悄然中來、氳氳不散。」——木心《哥倫比亞的倒影·九月初九》選段
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