A MUSEUM COPY OF ‘RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS, BY CHAO MENG-FU’China, 20th century. Offset print on paper, with a fabric coated paper frame and mounted as a hanging scroll. Depicting a broad mountainous river landscape, a sole sailboat floats on the river. Calligraphy and several seals to both sides.Condition: Very good condition with few creases and minor wear. Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world’s leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts. Dimensions: Image size 175 x 28 cm, Size incl. mounting 240 x 31.5 cmZhao Mengfu, Wade-Giles romanization Chao Meng-fu, (1254-1322), was a Chinese painter and calligrapher who, though occasionally condemned for having served in the foreign Mongol court (Yuan dynasty, 1206–1368), has been honored as an early master within the tradition of the literati painters (wenrenhua), who sought personal expression rather than the representation of nature.