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Orchids in Rain, after Wen Zhengming, Leaf from the Ten Bamboo Studio Collection of Calligraphy and Painting, vol. 2
After Wen Zhengming Chinese
Not on view
The model for this print, according to the inscription, was a painting by Wen Zhengming (1470–1559), a leading artist active in Suzhou. Printed from a worn eighteenth-century block, it shows broken lines and blurred contours.
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