Peaches
The artist's wonderfully eccentric style is abstract but still within the limits of traditional painting and calligraphy. He retreats from the wind and rain outside his door to the painting table and the artist's age-old pastime.
Artwork Details
- 近代 石魯 桃子 扇面
- Title: Peaches
- Artist: Shi Lu (Chinese, 1919–1982)
- Date: 20th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper
- Dimensions: 20 x 6 1/4 in. (50.8 x 15.9 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
- Object Number: 1986.267.348
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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