PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARK S PRATT Chen Daofu (1483-1544)Mi-style landscape Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper, inscribed by the artist and signed Daofu with two artist's seals reading Baiyang shanren and Chen Daofu shi with three collectors' seals reading Liqing fujun yiwu , Kuai Shoushu jia zhencang and Shicun Lishi Jiacang , with an exterior titleslip by Tang Hong (born 1926) and dated renyin (1962). 72 1/4 x 25 1/2in (183.5 x 64.8cm) 陳道復 仿米芾山水 設色紙本 立軸 The collectors' seals Liqing fujun yiwu and Kuai Shoushu jia zhencang belong to the important late Qing official and publisher Kuai Guangdian (蒯光典, 1857-1911) and his nephew Kuai Shoushu (蒯壽樞, d. 1945). The same seals appear on Zhao Mengfu's (1254-1322) Twin Pines, Level Distance formerly in the C.C. Wang collection now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Chen Daofu reputedly had two Mi Fei/Mi Youren scrolls-- Cloudy Mountains and Dayao Village --in his family's collection of ancient paintings. Although most well-known as bird and flower painter, Chen Daofu's landscapes-especially his later ones--often follow the Mi Family style. Yet, his innovative use of light and color endow the painting with a Wu School palette, and his creative brushwork add a vibrancy to theposition.