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Qi Baishi

dated 1947 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

This painting of artists' tools—inkstone, water pot and brushes with ink trailing from the brush tip—conveys the fresh vision of Qi Baishi brought to painting by sweeping away pedantry, stale imitation and tired imagery. Sophisticated, sure and sincere, his paginating wittily conjures what is not depicted—painter and work—and the deliberate simplicity of his brushwork in the tools is complemented by the meticulous polish of the insect that feels its way across the imagined painter's table.

Artist

Qi Baishi

Date

dated 1947

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

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