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大師

Master Series, Four Portraits of Masters of Modern Art: Yan Wenliang (1893-1988), Pan Tianshou (1897-1971), Shi Lu (1919-1982) and Qi Baishi (1864-1954)

2017

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Liu Jing 刘京

(Chinese, b. 1983)

China, Hunan province, Changsha

Set of four woodblock prints and digital lithographic images

Image: 90 x 60 cm (35 7/16 x 23 5/8 in.); Paper: 120 x 60 cm (47 1/4 x 23 5/8 in.)

Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2018.205

Location

not on view

Description

Master Series features leading men of culture in modern China. Depicted are ink artist Qi Baishi with hat, National Art Academy director Pan Tianshou with glasses, the eccentric artist Shi Lu, and oil painter Yan Wenliang with black eyes. All came under attack during the Cultural Revolution. The award-winning prints combine digital design and woodblock printing with oil-based inks.

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed in pencil on paper

Provenance

2017-18

Collection of the artist, Changsha, China, 2017-18

2018

(The Muban Educational Trust, London, UK, 2018, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

2018-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2018-present

Exhibition history

Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 12, 2019-February 2, 2020).

Spotlight on a New Generation: Contemporary Chinese Artists (Chinese art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 6-August 16, 2020).