Lychees and Insects

dated ca. 1942

Not on view

Contemporary Chinese artists have perpetuated fine brush as well as broad brush techniques. Lu Yifei attributes the style of this fan to the 18th century Yangzhou eccentric Hua Yen, but the perspective imposed by his renderings of the insects places the painting clearly in the 20th century.

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近代陸抑非荔枝甲蟲扇面
Title: Lychees and Insects
Artist: Lu Yifei (Chinese, 1908–1997)
Date: dated ca. 1942
Culture: China
Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold-flecked paper
Dimensions: 7 1/8 x 19 1/2 in. (18.1 x 49.5 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
Object Number: 1986.267.399
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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