Caption

Kui Xing — Patron of writers and scholars; unknown creator graphic artist; nianhua New Year’s picture; early 20th century, Beijing; Chinese; graphic print; height 26.3 cm, width 28.5 cm., The image shows a worn paper sheet with a large central face rendered in bold red, surrounded by faded black sketch lines and brushstrokes; there are a few additional partial faces and figures sketched along the left and right edges in black and red tones. A horizontal band of turquoise and green appears near the top, and there are patches of purple along the sides of the central face. The background paper is a beige or tan color with distressed, textured marks and darker smudges throughout, and several areas show layered red wash and black printed or stamped impressions.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_233

License type

Rights managed

Available size

38.1Mb (2.6Mb) / 12.6in x 11.8in / 3777 x 3529 (300dpi)

Keywords

Kui Xing Patron writers scholars unknown creator graphic artist nianhua New Year’s picture early 20th century Beijing Chinese graphic print height 26.3 cm width 28.5 cm image worn paper sheet large central face rendered bold red surrounded faded black sketch lines brushstrokes additional partial faces figures sketched left right edges black red tones horizontal band turquoise green near top patches purple sides central face background paper beige tan color distressed textured marks darker smudges several areas layered red wash black printed stamped impressions.