Flowering Plum Branch
Accession Nr.: | 69.197.1 |
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Type: | painting; hanging scroll |
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20th century, 1941
Republican period |
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Branches of a plum tree reach up to the heights from the bottom-left corner of the picture. Lined up along the branches are tiny, open flowers, heralding the arrival of spring. The criss-crossing branches and the black-and-white interplay of flowers is a virtuoso exemplar of pen-and-ink work.