Bird Study with Narcissus and Rock, after Chen Hongshou – (Xie Zhiliu) Previous Next


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Date: 1949

Size: 76 x 51 cm

Technique: Drawing

This composition after Chen Hongshou includes Chen"s inscription: "On a snowy night in the wuchen year [1628] I got drunk by the Ruoye River [near Chen"s hometown].My friend pressured me to paint, even though my ten fingers almost cracked from the cold. This is painted when I had more leisure. Hongshou painted this while intoxicated in my study." In the upper right corner is an unrelated study of a bird that appears in finished form in Doves and Bamboo, which Xie executed in 1949.

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