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Squirrel in the midst of bamboo and plum blossoms

Squirrel in the midst of bamboo and plum blossoms
(竹梅松鼠图)
 (1950s-1960s)

Medium
ink and colour on paper
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Jason Yeap OAM through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2012
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
ink and colour on paper
Measurements
37.8 × 37.8 cm (image and sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Singapore
Inscription
inscribed in ink (in Chinese characters) l.l.: (artist's signature)
stamped in red ink l.l.: 陈文希
Accession Number
2012.277
Department
Asian Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Jason Yeap OAM through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2012
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
This delightful painting is painted in a circle, which is evocative of the moon, a circular window or the circular Chinese fan. The plum blossom is accomplished by a single dynamic and expressive calligraphic brushstroke in ink across the upper half of the painting, depicting the trunk of the tree and then in sweeping brushstrokes the branches and red blossoms. On the trunk is the playful fury squirrel looking down with full and alert concentration. In the background are the lyrical delicate bamboos sketched in calligraphic brushstrokes in green and blue.

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