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Qi Baishi 齊白石 (1864-1957). Banana Fronds and Chicks [untitled]. 1940. Hanging scroll, ink on paper; 238 x 46.3 cm. Mactaggart Art Collection 2004.19.86 artist’s inscription: In response to the gracious request of Master Bosi in the third month of the gengchen year [April-May 1940] Old Man Baishi, Qi Huang 博思先生請属庚辰三月白石老人齊璜 artist’s seal: A. Qi Da 齊大 a sobriquet styled after that of the early Qing painter Bada shanren 八大 山人(Zhuda 朱耷), one of Qi’s favorite artists (square intaglio)
Painted by Qi Baishi at age 80 while living in Beijing for a certain Master Bosi, the Chinese name of Philip D. Sprouse (1906-77; 石博思 Shi Bosi). Sprouse was a diplomat posted by the U.S. State Department to Beijing in 1938-40.
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