Mountain

ca. 1980

Chinese, born 1955

The beauty of the ink in this painting is at once poetic and powerful, and marks the beginning of the artist's foray into Western Surrealist imagery, which he combines with Chinese ink painting. The result of this innovation was a new movement of modern ink painting called "Universal Current."

Ink on paper

Overall: 32 11/16 29 15/16 in. (83 x 76 cm)

Image: 32 5/8 x 29 15/16in. (82.8 x 76.1cm)

Gift of Alice C. King

2002.59

Provenance: Alice C. King

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Terratopia: The Chinese Landscape in Painting and Film," (07/02/2016-02/26/2017)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective", December 22, 2007 - July 26, 2009 (12/22/2007 - 7/26/2009)

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