清/現代　齊白石　佛手壽桃圖　摺扇|Peaches and Buddha's Hand

Qi Baishi

dated 1955 · Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper · Asian Art

The paintings of Qi Baishi's last years, such as this fan, tend to be familiar images rendered with a colorful palette and clear graphic simplicity. This picture, with its auspicious message of "Good Luck and Long Life" inscribed in bold seal-script characters, was done as a companion piece to the adjacent Chrysanthemums, datable to 1955.

Artist

Qi Baishi

Date

dated 1955

Medium

Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986