Accession Number
1949/1.193

Title
Rural Village

Artist(s)
Qi Baishi

Object Creation Date
circa 1930

Medium & Support
ink on paper

Dimensions
54 in x 18 ½ in (137.16 cm x 46.99 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Katsuizumi Sotokichi

Label copy
Isamu Noguchi and Qi Baishi: Beijing 1930
May 18, 2013 – September 1, 2013
Qi Baishi
China, 1864–1957
Rural Village
circa 1930
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Gift of Katsuizumi Sotokichi, University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1949/1.193
signed:
Baishi
Qi excelled at using a thick brush and wet ink wash to add nuance and expressiveness to his subject matter. Here Noguchi may be seen adopting this technique: he envelopes the baby in thick, undulating lines, controlling the ink flow by changing the pressure of his hand on the brush.

Subject matter
Rural village.

Physical Description
The painting depicts three houses in a small village, surrounded by trees. There is a lake in the right-hand foreground of the painting. The artist signed his name with the seal of his pen name, Lao Pai (Pai the old man) on the upper left-hand corner.

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Primary Object Type
hanging scroll

Additional Object Classification(s)
Painting

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
houses
lakes (bodies of water)
landscapes (environments)
trees