West Lake, Hangzhou: View toward the Little Isle of the Immortals
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."
Artwork Details
- 現代 謝稚柳 西湖三潭印月畫稿 冊頁
- Title: West Lake, Hangzhou: View toward the Little Isle of the Immortals
- Artist: Xie Zhiliu (Chinese, 1910–1997)
- Date: 20th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Sheet from a sketchbook; pencil on paper
- Dimensions: Overall (sketchbook closed): 9 3/16 x 13 x 3/4 in. (23.3 x 33 x 1.9 cm)
Page (each): 8 11/16 x 12 7/8 in. (22.1 x 32.7 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Sarah Shay, 2005
- Object Number: 2005.411.16.85a, b
- Rights and Reproduction: Estate of Xie Zhiliu
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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