LI LINCAN (LI LIN-TSAN, 1913-1999) Ink Bamboo, 1960LI LINCAN (LI LIN-TSAN, 1913-1999)Ink Bamboo, 1960Hanging scroll, ink on paper, inscribed by the artist, dedicated to Ban Lide (Mark S. Pratt) before his departure to Hong Kong, dated gengzi, and signed Li Lincan, with an artist's seal Li Lincan yin. 53 x 27in (134.6 x 68.6cm)李霖燦（1913-1999） 墨竹圖 水墨紙本 立軸 一九六〇年作款識：黃陵廟前雨過，邯鄲谷口風生。愛煞山人清致，縱横淡寫秋聲。庚子年夏七月，班立德先生將去香山為繪此枝以贈別，李霖燦。鈐印：李霖燦印Provenance:Acquired directly from the artist來源：藏家直接得自藝術家Li Lin-Tsan is most well-known from his distinguished career at the National Palace Museum, Taipei, serving as both a curator and deputy director, and retiring as Vice President in 1984. In addition to his published contributions on Tang, Song and Yuan dynasty painting, his research into Naxi culture and language is considered seminal. For his own painting, Li Lin-Tsan studied art with Lin Fengmian (1900-1991) and Li Kuchan (1899-1983) at the Hangzhou National Academy of Art in the 1930's. This painting, created in the seventh month of 1960, follows the tradition of commemorating a friend's departure with the gift of a painting.