Figure Studies, Two Figures in a Boat

Xie Zhiliu Chinese

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Here, Xie has created a pictorial lexicon of figure types by tracing images from earlier sources. This method of grouping similar motifs closely resembles the organizational approach of the famous seventeenth-century Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual.

Figure Studies, Two Figures in a Boat, Xie Zhiliu (Chinese, 1910–1997), Drawing; ink on transparent paper, China

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