The Burke Collection
Autumn Insects (秋蟲)
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962-1

Artist

Qi Baishi

(齊白石; 1863–1957)

Catalogue information

1950

Framed, formerly hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

102.3 x 34.2 cm (40 1/4 x 13 1/2 in.), excluding frame

Bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery by Mary Griggs Burke (deceased in 2012)

Additional details

Text

Shaotang, dear friend, please correct my errors, gengyin year [1950] [少堂仁兄雅正庚寅]

Signature

The ninety-year-old-man Baishi, with unclear eyesight [jiushi laoren Baishi hunmu 九十老人白石昏目]

Seals

[of artist] The old man who borrows mountains [Jieshan laoren 借山老人] (square, intaglio); Baishi [白石] (square, relief); Jiping Hall [Jipingtang 寄萍堂] (square, relief)