Various Vegetables
This long tracing copy of a handscroll shows Xie's interest in compositional arrangement. For example, details of a lotus root and longyan (longan fruit) at the far left are upside-down mirror images of the same elements found at the center of the composition. This indicates that Xie was not content merely to copy an earlier work but might actively rework an existing design.
Artwork Details
- 現代 謝稚柳 花果圖 卷
- Title: Various Vegetables
- Artist: Xie Zhiliu (Chinese, 1910–1997)
- Date: 20th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Drawing; ink on tracing paper
- Dimensions: 12 3/8 x 75 in. (31.5 x 190.5 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Sarah Shay, 2005
- Object Number: 2005.411.214
- Rights and Reproduction: Estate of Xie Zhiliu
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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