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QI BAISHI (1864-1957)
Plants and Insects
Four album leaves, mounted as hanging scrolls, ink and color on
paper, each leaf signed by the artist, with four artist’s seals reading
Baishi Weng (twice), Laobai and Muren.
10 3/4 x 13in (27.3 x 33cm), each leaf (4).

$60,000 - 90,000
齊白石 蔬果蟲草 設色紙本 冊頁裱為立軸四幅

Provenance/來源:
Sotheby’s New York, 26 November 1990, lot 174
紐約蘇富比，1990年11月26日，拍品編號174

Published/出版:
Toda, Teisuke and Hiromitsu Ogawa comp. Comprehensive Illustrated
Catalogue of Chinese Paintings, Third Series, Volume 1: American and
Canadian Collections, University of Tokyo Press, 2013, A50-58, p. 206
戶田禎佑、小川裕充，《中國繪畫總合圖錄》三編，第一卷，東京大
學出版會，東京，2013年，A50-58，頁206

Little, Stephen, and J. May Lee Barrett. New Songs on Ancient Tunes:
19th-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Richard
Fabian Collection, Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts,
2007, pp. 446-449
Little, Stephen, J. May Lee Barrett,《古調新歌：費立哲神父珍藏十九
及二十世紀中國書畫》，檀香山藝術博物館，夏威夷，
2007年，頁446-449

Exhibited/展覽:
New Songs on Ancient Tunes, Honolulu Art Academy, Honolulu,
Hawaii, August 30-October 28, 2007
《古調新歌：費立哲神父珍藏十九及二十世紀中國書畫》，檀香山藝
術博物館，夏威夷，2007年8月30日至10月28日

Qi Baishi planted numerous series of album leaves illustrating plants
and insects. In his own distinct style the artist contrasted the delicate
rendering of the insects in gongbi mode with the more freely painted
flowers and vegetables that provide a setting for the insects to inhabit.
Most of these series of images were produced by the artist in the early
to mid-1940’s, when his eyesight was still sharp and he was able to
paint the fine details on the insects.

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