Mirror-images of a Bird

Xie Zhiliu Chinese

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Rather than draw the same image twice, Xie often began with a preliminary sketch and then folded the paper to trace it again, making the tentative lines of his original smoother and more assured and adding more details.

Mirror-images of a Bird, Xie Zhiliu (Chinese, 1910–1997), Two-sided drawing; pencil and ink on paper and ink on paper, China

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