Boating Among Cliffs, 1974|Ink and color on paper, laid down on wood board, mounted and framed, inscribed with a poem, dated liu shi san nian jiayin er yue (1974, second month), dedicated to Daoshi wu xiong and Zhong Qi fu ren and signed Daqian Zhang Yuan, with five artist's seals reading Huanbi'an, Zhang Yuan zhi yin, Daqian Jushi, yizhiyan, and san qian Daqian. |53 x 27 1/4in (134.6 x 69.2cm)|Provenanceacquired directly from the artist, thereafter by descent張大千 落日泛舟圖 設色紙本 木框 一九七四年作款識： 落日西風野水湄，扁舟便有五湖思。素書未抵煙波遠，斜竹還抽獨繭絲。六十三年甲寅二月。道師吾兄鐘頎夫人儷教。大千張爰。鈐印： 環蓽盦、張爰之印、大千居士、一隻眼、三千大千來源： 原藏家夏道師 (1923-2003) 直接得自畫家本人，後由其子女繼承From the Collection of Henry Tao-Sze Hsia (1923-2003)夏道師博士舊藏Dr. Henry Tao-Sze Hsia (Xia Daoshi 夏道師, 1923-2003) was an aerospace engineer and research scientist. Born to the prominent Republic era legal scholar and adjudicator Xia Qin (夏勤, 1892-1950), Dr. Hsia obtained a Bachelor of Science degree at the National Chiao Tung University in Shanghai (now the Shanghai Jiaotong University 上海交通大學) before emigrating to the United States in 1947, and subsequently obtained his Master's and Ph.D at Harvard and Stanford Universities, respectively. After relocating with his family to the Northern California Bay Area in 1957, Dr. Hsia worked as an engineer and consultant for such companies as Lockheed and General Electric.In addition to his many scientific achievements documented in publications and patents, Dr. Hsia held a deep appreciation for Chinese art and culture, and promoted Chinese culture by establishing a local Chinese Cultural Association and Chinese language school, as well as teaching Chinese history at the local community college. He led, and was an active member of, the Bay Area Chinese Society of Performing Arts. During his lifetime, Dr. Hsia and his wife Zhong Qi befriended and hosted many prominent Chinese scholars and artists, most notably Zhang Daqian, Hu Shi, Yu Youren, and Hou Beiren. In the early 1970s, Dr. Hsia and Zhang Daqian established a close acquaintance, the two sharing a love of traditional Peking opera. It was during the Hsia family's visits to Zhang Daqian's Monterey residence Huanbi'an when Dr. Hsia was gifted paintings by Zhang. Dr. Hsia treasured his collection of paintings and ceramics, and delighted in showing them to friends and students alike. Selected paintings from the Henry Tao-Sze Hsia collection are being offered by members of his family.夏道師，美籍華人核工程專家，祖籍江蘇泰州，其父為民國時期名法學家及司法官員夏勤（1892-1950）。夏道師於1944年獲上海交通大學理學士學位。1947年赴美後，於1948年獲哈佛大學理科碩士學位，1966年獲斯坦福大學博士學位。夏道師於1957年攜眷移居北加州舊金山灣區後， 歷任於洛克希德導彈和航天公司，加州通用電氣公司等機構，擔任研究科學家、高級工程師或顧問等要職。主要著作有《火箭推進淺説》 (1968)。夏氏熱忱祖國文化藝術，開創舊金山華人表演藝術學會，曾任帕洛阿爾托市美籍華人科學和文化協會理事，並設授中國語言、歷史課程，致力推廣中國文化及歷史。夏道師與夫人鍾頎女士居美期間，結識多位文學家與藝術家，如張大千、胡適、于右任及侯北人等。夏道師與張大千猶其交好，兩人同好中國傳統戲曲兿術，更特别酷愛京劇。大千於上世紀七十年代初移居蒙特利後，道師屢屢帶同家人造訪環蓽庵，並於同時期獲張大千相贈畫作。本輯精選之三幅大千作品均得自夏氏家屬。Photo captions:Dr. Henry Tao-Sze Hsia夏道師博士After a Peking Opera performance in the mid 1970s; Dr. Henry Tao-Sze Hsia at far left, Zhang Daqian at third from the right京劇表演後合照，左一為夏道師，右三為張大千