SCENES OF THE COUNTRYSIDE

Details

SHI LU (1919-1982)
SCENES OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
Album of twelve leaves, ink and ink and color on paper
Four leaves inscribed and signed by the artist, with one seal
One leaf dated winter, 1960
Ten collectors’ seals of Robert H. Ellsworth
Titleslip and seal of Robert H. Ellsworth

Various sizes

Literature

Christie’s, The Beauty of Art: Paintings and Calligraphy by Shi Lu from the Private Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, New York, 2011, pp. 18-25.

Exhibited

Christie's New York, The Beauty of Art: Paintings and Calligraphy by Shi Lu from the Private Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, 15-31 March 2011.

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Lot Essay

This album, painted around 1960, includes the three categories of landscape imagery explored by Shi Lu at this time, namely the scenery around the Yellow River, the topography of the northwest, especially Shaanxi, and bucolic pictures of the countryside. The studies of rustic peasants engaged in daily activities continue the practice of earlier decades when Shi Lu traveled extensively throughout northwestern China, usually with a sketchbook in hand.

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