Chicks
Maker
Qi Baishi
Chinese, 1864 - 1957
Label TextPainted with a few brushstrokes, these lively chicks epitomize Qi Baishi's principle that a depiction should lie between "likeness and non-likeness." Too much likeness, he continues, "is vulgar, whereas too much emphasis on abstraction is deceptive." Qi's convincing characterization of the chicks recalls his humble childhood spent in a village.
Object number98.47.84
ProvenanceFrank D. Stout (1921–1998)
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective", December 22, 2007 - July 26, 2009 (12/22/2007 - 7/26/2009)Credit LineBequest of Frank D. Stout
DimensionsOverall: 88 x 18 1/2 x 21 1/8 in. (223.5 x 47 x 53.7 cm)
Image: 40 1/2 x 13 15/16in. (102.9 x 33.8cm)
MediumInk on paper
Kagetoshi
early 19th century
Object number: 33.395
Japanese
second half 17th century
Object number: 75.38.2
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