Various Owners各方藏家Chen Wen Hsi (1906-1991)SquirrelsInk and colour on paper, framedSigned Wen Hsi, with two seals of the artist132.0 x 33.5cm注脚Provenance:Possibly directly from Chen Wen Hsi's Old & New GalleryPrivate collection, Sydney, acquired in Melbourne in the late 1980sThe current owner keeps an old valuation, though the current lot is not listed, signed by Dr Chen Siew-Min, son of Chen Wen Hsi, and issued by The Old & New Gallery dated 1 February 1972, the year Chen Wen Hsi established this gallery in the Tanglin Shopping Centre.Chen was known to keep his favourite pets in this gallery, such as gibbons and squirrels, for live drawing and these subjects consequently became his most sought-after works such as this current lot. 陳文希 松鼠　設色紙本　鏡心款識：文希記鈐印：陳氏傳承：或直接來源於陳文西的 Old and New Gallery悉尼私人收藏，八十年代末期購於墨爾本藏家至今保存著一份1972年2月1日由 The Old & New Gallery 出據的書畫估價單，簽署人為 Chen Siew-Min 博士（陳文希子）。1972年乃是陳文希於 Tanglin 購物中心建立 Old and New Gallery 的第一年。雖然是畫未被列於清單中，但個中來源可推一二。據傳陳文希在畫廊中更養著自己最心愛的寵物，例如猿猴、松鼠等，後來也成為市場上陳文希最受追捧的作品題材。