Quail and millet

Ink on paper, framed, inscribed and signed Kuchan, with one seal of the artist. Dedicated to Josef Hejzlar. Dated 1954., The present work is reproduced in Současné čínské malířství (Prague, 1959), where it is already recorded in the collection of Josef Hejzlar and the artist's dedication to him illustrated — documenting the present provenance to 1959. Literature: A. Hoffmeister, L. Hájek and E. Rychterová, Současné čínské malířství (Contemporary Chinese Painting), Prague, 1959 (illustrated in colour, p. 95; the signature and seal reproduced p. 94).