清, 吳熙載, 蟬柳, 扇面, Cicada, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), dated 1852, China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper, 7 1/8 x 20 3/8 in. (18.1 x 51.8 cm), Paintings, Wu Xizai (Chinese, 1799–1870), Wu paints the cicada clinging to an autumn willow branch in the wet-ink manner of the 18th century Yangzhou Eccentrics. A willow branch suits Wu's calligraphic talent. As with bamboo painting, willow painting demands that each nuance of a leaf's form and texture be conveyed by a single line
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清, 吳熙載, 蟬柳, 扇面, Cicada, Qing dynasty, 1644–1911, dated 1852, China, Folding fan mounted, album leaf, ink, color, alum paper, 7 1/8 x 20 3/8, 18.1 51.8 cm, Paintings, Wu Xizai, Chinese, 1799–1870, paints, cicada clinging, autumn willow, branch, wet-ink manner, 18th century, Yangzhou, Eccentrics, willow branch, suits, Wu, calligraphic talent, bamboo painting, demands, nuance, leaf, form, texture, conveyed, single line
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