Guan Shanyue (1912 - 2000), Prunus and Chicks, 1985. Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll. Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist, 146.5 cm x 78.3 cm. Guan Shanyue and Li Xiongcai visited Sydney and Melbourne in 1985, and held a joined exhibition Guan Shanyue, Li Xiongcai: Two Chinese Modern Masters at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 20 to 27 May 1985. This painting must have been created during the same trip. Provenance: Private collection VIC, acquired in the late 1990s from a student of Zhao Shaoang in Melbourne. Publication: Yiyuan Duo Ying: selected works by Lingnan School, Zhao Shaoang, Yang Shanshen, Guan Shanyue, Li Xiongcai, Shanghai People's Art Publishing House, P. 60, Plate 77