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Dragon Cypress
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Painted in ink and colors on paper, this horizontal wall scroll depicts a highly abstracted, old cypress tree that transforms itself into a highly abstracted dragon, as it title suggests. The cypress tree and its trunk, branches, and leaves are painted with detailed brushstrokes, while the mists surrounding the tree were created through the use of highly controlled washes of ink and pigment.
Department of Asian Art
Purchased from Kaikodo New York 2009
Luo Jianwu (artist) Taiwan ROC painted 2005-2009
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Mrs. Henry James by exchange
Title: Dragon Cypress
Description:
Painted in ink and colors on paper, this horizontal wall scroll depicts a highly abstracted, old cypress tree that transforms itself into a highly abstracted dragon, as it title suggests.
The cypress tree and its trunk, branches, and leaves are painted with detailed brushstrokes, while the mists surrounding the tree were created through the use of highly controlled washes of ink and pigment.
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