現代 謝稚柳 西湖三潭印月畫稿 冊頁|West Lake, Hangzhou: View toward the Little Isle of the Immortals

Xie Zhiliu

20th century · Sheet from a sketchbook; pencil on paper · Asian Art

On this sheet, Xie's layering of the foreground, middle ground, and far distance may have been an attempt to construct a composition using the traditional "three distances." According to Xie's inscription, this is a view from the site of the former Leifeng Pagoda, which had collapsed in 1924, toward the island called "Reflections of the Moon in Three Ponds."

Artist

Xie Zhiliu

Date

20th century

Medium

Sheet from a sketchbook; pencil on paper

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Sarah Shay, 2005