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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 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 for a certain Master Bosi, the 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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