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Pinetree Against Rock (深壑勁松)

Li Huayi

Asian Art

This painting by Li Huayi harks back in both format and subject matter to twelfth- and thirteenth-century Song-dynasty painting. Here, the artist highlights the struggle of the trees to survive, backlit by an ethereal mist created by numerous layers of ink wash. The landscape evokes the rugged mountain cliffs and topography of northern California, where Li now lives.
MEDIUM Ink and color on silk
DATES 2012
DIMENSIONS 10 7/16 × 9 13/16 in. (26.5 × 25 cm)  (show scale)
INSCRIPTIONS Artist's signature and red seal in the bottom right corner of the fan painting.
COLLECTIONS Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 2016.29
CREDIT LINE Gift of Li Huayi in honor of the new Chinese galleries
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Li Huayi (Chinese, born 1948). Pinetree Against Rock (深壑勁松), 2012. Ink and color on silk, 10 7/16 × 9 13/16 in. (26.5 × 25 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Li Huayi in honor of the new Chinese galleries, 2016.29. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: , 2016.29_PS9.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 2016.29_PS9.jpg., 2017
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Li Huayi (Chinese, born 1948). <em>Pinetree Against  Rock (深壑勁松)</em>, 2012. Ink and color on silk, 10 7/16 × 9 13/16 in. (26.5 × 25 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Li Huayi in honor of the new Chinese galleries, 2016.29. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: , 2016.29_PS9.jpg)