近代 陳半丁 荼蘼 扇面|Bramble-leaf Rose

Chen Banding

dated 1931 · Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper · Asian Art

In literati style, Chen has combined word and image to create a whole greater than the sum of its parts. His subject is the bramble rose with "thorns like the teeth of a saw": its image is picked out in staccato brushwork and its qualities are noted in Chen's tight hand. His advice to gardeners is: Growing at the side of the path, They often catch your clothes. Border them with fence and grass And you easily pass among them. [Trans. adapted from Ellsworth et al, Later Chinese Painting]

Artist

Chen Banding

Date

dated 1931

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