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Night Rain in the Mountains of Sichuan

Fu Baoshi Chinese

ca. 1948

Not on view

At the center of this intriguing work is a voyeuristic vision of a beautiful lady sitting pensively in candlelight on a stormy night. We gaze into her boudoir through the web of windblown bamboo leaves and an elegant moon-window that is screened by nearly transparent bamboo blinds and a parted gauze curtain. These multiple visual barriers make her emblematic of an aesthetic ideal that is hard to attain. Her delicacy and solitude stand out in sharp relief against the natural turbulence that surrounds her.

Night Rain in the Mountains of Sichuan, Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965), Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, China — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Night Rain in the Mountains of Sichuan

Artist: Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965)

Date: ca. 1948

Culture: China

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Dimensions: Image: 23 13/16 x 20 1/2 in. (60.5 x 52 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Lent by a private collection, New York

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