Caption

Dancing Beauty with a Swallow, unknown author; nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Mianzhu, China; graphic print; subject: young woman dancing with a swallow, fans, women's clothing;, Chinese art, graphic; height 44.5 cm, width 24.0 cm., A portrait of a person in traditional attire on a tall pale background, wearing a multi-layered garment with prominent purple, blue, pink, black, yellow, and green hues and floral and geometric decorative motifs; the figure has a pale face with dark hair pulled back, red lips, and a small flower near one ear, and is posed with one arm raised holding a round yellow object while the other arm rests near the body; a small brushstroke-like group of dark marks appears to the left of the figure, and the image is framed by a dark border with a few worn and textured areas along the edges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_097

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58.5Mb (3.5Mb) / 11.4in x 20.0in / 3408 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Dancing Beauty Swallow unknown author nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Mianzhu China graphic print subject young woman dancing swallow fans women's clothing Chinese art graphic height 44.5 cm width 24.0 cm portrait person traditional attire tall pale background wearing multi-layered garment prominent purple blue pink black yellow green hues floral geometric decorative motifs figure pale face dark hair pulled back red lips small flower near ear posed arm raised holding round yellow object arm rests near body small brushstroke- group dark marks left image framed dark border worn textured areas edges.