The Burke Collection
(a) Peony (牡丹); (b) Branch of Litchi (荔枝)
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965-1
965-2

Artist

Qi Baishi

(齊白石; 1863–1957)

Catalogue information

1950s

Framed album leaves; ink and color on paper

(a) 22.3 x 30.5 cm (8 3/4 x 12 in.); (b) 23.1 x 30.6 cm (9 1/8 x 12 in.), excluding frames

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

Additional details

Signature

[a] Baishi 白石

Seal

[a] [of artist] The eldest son of the Qi family [Qida 齊大] (square, intaglio)

Text

[b] [by artist]

A famous garden without doubt [ming yuan wuer 名園無二]

Signature

[b] Baishi 白石

Seal

[b] [of artist] The eldest son of the Qi family [Qida 齊大] (square, intaglio)