These two controversial lots appeared in Shanghai Jiahe auction on 20 14 and Beijing Rongbao auction in 2004 respectively. In the 20 14 Shanghai Jiahe Autumn Lu Works Special Exhibition, the cover work "Xiajiang Dangerous Water Atlas" started at 6.8 million yuan (all in RMB), and the bidder with brand number 8263 won at 26 million yuan (including commission of 29.9 million yuan). In 2004, Lu's work "Xiajiang Running Water", which was named only one word apart, was dropped at the Jingrongbao auction for 540,000 yuan (including commission of 590,000 yuan).
Zhong Sheng pointed out on WeChat that the pictures in the 20 14 Xiajiang dangerous water atlas (partial) (below) are based on the pictures in the 2004 Xiajiang cloud water atlas (partial) (top), and the picture IC (lower right vortex, lower left forest visible) is added.
Zhong Sheng, the first critic, thinks that the buyer of 20 14 bought a "deeply processed" Lu work, because the two works have striking similarities in composition, pen and ink, details and so on. He speculated that the two works were actually the same. Jiahe's auction was added and supplemented on the basis of Rongbao auction, which doubled its value. Some unusual clues further confirmed his guess.
Zhong said that Jiahe was much more red and blue, and the light crimson landscape became a heavy color. At the end of the picture scroll, more than 30 words of Lu's signature were added to complete the riverbank. Other distant mountains, near water, whirlpools and sailboats are exactly the same. Zhong Zhong sneered: "Even if Lu Lao painted several works with the same theme, it is impossible to paint all the scenery and details exactly the same, right?" Is it a resurrection creation after Lu's death "
Jiahe Auction, which was involved in the storm, issued a statement denouncing the contents of Zhong Ling as seriously inaccurate and purely malicious fabrication, and will defend its rights through legal means. "Deliberately vilify the auction house and Mr. Liu Heng. I believe that it is hard to escape the severe punishment of the law. " Lv Heng was interviewed by our reporter the night before. Lu Heng made a promise in front of the bronze statue of his father at home, without adding a pen, and was willing to accept handwriting inspection.
At noon on the 8th, Wei Hui, president of Jiahe Auction, once again accused people with ulterior motives of spreading rumors on the phone. He said that the auction house strictly checks the authenticity of the lots when collecting them. As for the whereabouts of the painting, according to the law, Jiahe auction keeps the identity of the buyer confidential. "I can only tell you that the buyer didn't contact our company because the work was controversial."
Lu Heng promised in front of the bronze statue of Lu that he would never add money to cheat and would be willing to accept handwriting inspection.
How similar are "dangerous water" and "cloud water"?
By comparing the high-definition scanned images of the two auction catalogues, Zhong Sheng's description of the coincidence degree of the two works is basically in line with the facts. Lu's freehand brushwork "Xiajiang Volume" and "Xiajiang Dangerous Water Volume", after ten years of shooting, have different colors, but the composition is very close. Through local comparison, it is not difficult to find that the "Xiajiang Dangerous Water Atlas" filmed on 20 14 "added" pen and ink to the "Xiajiang Cloud and Water Atlas" filmed in 2004. This is the biggest doubt that two pictures are accused of being the same work.
What is the profit of fraud?
If the same work is transformed as the bell says, what benefits will it bring? The price of the same painter's works, the presence or absence of this paragraph, ink painting, light crimson or heavy color are all decisive factors. There is a world of difference between the price with this one and the price without this one. Heavy colors are ten times more expensive than light crimson everywhere. Auction experts, for example, said that the "Xiajiang Cloud and Water Atlas" filmed in 2004, if there is no painter, will be capped at 2 million yuan in 20 14. The transaction price of "Xiajiang Dangerous Water Scroll" filmed by Jiahe 20 14 was 26 million yuan. The client and the auction house get a premium and commission through the transaction.
Netizen "Huihuihui" thinks that the comparative demonstration process of Zhong Sheng's two works, Beijing Rongbao and Shanghai Jiahe, is untenable. He said that artists may have multiple drafts, and the same theme and the same picture can be created repeatedly.
So, is it possible for Mr. Lu to draw two highly similar works?
Ling Lizhong, a researcher in the Painting and Calligraphy Department of Shanghai Museum, judged from his work experience that there is no precedent for modern freehand painters in China to copy their own works. In freehand brushwork Chinese painting, the quality of paper determines that no matter whether it is a draft or a finished draft, the details of the two paintings cannot be exactly the same, and there will always be some differences. "This is different from western oil paintings that can draw the same object over and over again. I haven't heard that China painters paint freehand brushwork, but they will copy the old works and paint exactly the same. "
The truth, the city by the sea.
Before auctioning famous paintings, most auction companies in China usually ask the relatives or descendants of the painter to help identify the authenticity. Lu Heng was employed by Shanghai Jiahe Auction Co., Ltd. as an art consultant and was invited to Shanghai Jiahe Auction Co., Ltd. to appraise Lu's works. As a family member, Lu Heng holds Lu's seal, paper, ink and other painting materials in his hand, so he can observe his father's pen skills at close range and is also the supplier of this lot. Therefore, Liu Heng was pushed to the stage in this storm.
Judging from the bell, Lu Heng has a better understanding of the painter's pen habits, color matching and ink grinding methods, and seal habits. This information is very important for identifying the authenticity of famous calligraphy and painting, and it is easy to clinch a deal or even create sky-high prices. "The market gave some later painters an opportunity, so they took advantage of the trust of the vast number of Chinese painting lovers and buyers in their loved ones and used their own unrepeatable resources (seals, pigments, paper, etc.). ) Partner with the auction company to build momentum and make huge profits. " The bell wrote.
Truth suddenly became a city by the sea. First of all, the information in Xiajiang Cloud Atlas was missing in official website auctioned by Rongbao, and the information was also deleted on the website of Yachang Art, a third-party platform (there was information before and after the auction, only this one was missing). As a rule, only relevant auction houses can let Yachang delete information. Deleting auction records is regarded as a premeditated covert action by Zhong Ling, and some people are making huge profits through fraud.
Lu Heng flatly denied that he was willing to accept the handwriting investigation.
"You can ask a handwriting expert to judge whether this handwriting is like my father's signature?" At 9 o'clock last night, Lu Heng and his wife, Ms. Zhao, one of the parties to the incident, said in an interview with this reporter at home. Lu Heng assured our reporter in front of his father's head and the plaque announcing the name of Zhai in the late Qing Dynasty that he had never done anything to make up for it. This work "Xiajiang Dangerous Water Scroll", which was shot in Jiahe in 20 14, was kept in the bank safe together with Lu's paintings and calligraphy after his father died in 1993, until Wei Hui, president of Jiahe Auction, took the initiative to collect it in 20 14.
"Said I Liu Heng in the Xiajiang dangerous water atlas copied my father's handwriting signature, also added a strong color, this is too flattering me, how can I draw such a pen and ink? I, Lu Heng, am just an amateur painter. I hope to face the' bell'. " Lu Heng also revealed that he had studied landscape painting with his father, but his pen and ink skills were not as good as his father's. He said that he still had many original works of his father. You don't have to cheat if you want to make a profit.
Lu Heng explained that Jiahe's photo is his father's legacy. Before Lu Zai 1992 returned to Shanghai, he remembered his filial piety and gave him a room full of things in Shenzhen (Lu Lao nian 1989 to 1992 lived in Shenzhen), including this picture of the dangerous water in the Xiajiang River, which Lu Heng later brought back to Shanghai. "Really can't fake, really can't fake. I condemn this behavior. Why are some people's souls so distorted now? I, Liu Heng, am not afraid of slander, but this incident is detrimental to my father's reputation. I want to clarify. "
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Lu (1909- 1993) is a modern painter. Also known as Di, whose word is Ru, is from nanxiang town, Jiading County, Shanghai. 1926 was admitted to Wuxi Academy of Fine Arts, and 1927 was admitted to Wuxi Academy of Fine Arts to study. In the same year, he studied poetry and calligraphy from Wang Tongyu. In the second year, I studied painting from Feng Chaoran, got to know Wu Hufan and traveled all over the north and south resorts. 1956 Painter of Shanghai China Painting Academy. 1962 Part-time job in Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, officially teaching and serving as the president of Zhejiang Painting Academy. 1956, painter of China Painting Academy. 196 1 to 1966, to teach landscape painting part-time at Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts; During this period, his painting personality developed and finally formed his own unique style in his later years. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Lu lived in the mainland and returned to his hometown in 1946. Before that, most of Lu's works were digestion and absorption of ancient traditions. The experience of returning home through the Three Gorges triggered his innovative consciousness, and he began to transform the previous local transformation tradition into consciously establishing his personal style.
The paintings involved this time depict the scenery of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. Lu Heng pointed out that this picture scroll was made in the early 1970s and was a masterpiece of his father's middle age.