Li Keran (8 results)

Softcover, 116 pages; in Korean with some English and English titles; very good condition; light rubbing to covers; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1 portfolio (10 leaves of plates : colour illustrations) ; 37 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Large format hardcover in jacket as new with tiny amount of shelf wear to jacket. 25 pages of text followed by 147 pages of plates(color). Text is in English. Plate titles in English and Chinese. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.…

Farbig illustriertes Original-Heft; quer 4°; 48 unpaginierte Seiten; durchgehend farbig bebildert. Sehr gutes Exemplar. zh 310 gr.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Wraps (softcover). 1988. Some waves on covers due to the nature of binding, else Very Good condition. 170 pages. Hua Yi Publishing House. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 170 pages.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Special Edition. Famous Li keran red mountains gorgeous scroll. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Print of scroll li keran original worth millions in museum boy in water.

[Beijing 1956, Guoji Shudian]. Large color woodblock print, NEW, UNUSED, pristine example, sheet size: 25 x 36.5; print size 17.3 x 26.6 cm., artist signed in block, red cinnabar Yin Zhang [chop/seal]. FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION . *** **** *** . . . MASTER WORK BY LI KEREN . . . A SUPERB MID-1950'S COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINT . . . "BUFFALO & BOY" . . . A YOUNG SHEPHERD BOY RIDING A WATER BUFFALO . *** THE ARTIST: LI Keran [1907-1989: The talented landscapist Li Keran, his real name was Li Yongshun, he also used the studio name: "Sanqi." . Li Keran was a Chinese educator, theorist, and painter. His contribution to contemporary Chinese landscape art was significant. In his work, he found a balance between modern techniques and traditional esthetics. . He study at the Hangzhou National Art College, he began to paint cowboys and water buffalo, endowing this traditional subject matter with new significance by his use of an innovative technique of splashed ink. Appreciation of his work, especially his figure paintings, grew, and in 1946 he accepted an invitation by Xu Beihong to join the faculty of the Beijing National Art College. . There the masters Qi Baishi and Huang Binhong, Lin Fengmian, became his mentors. Their influences with realistic sketching achieved a new naturalism in the traditional medium. Qi, fond of Li and his painting, applauded him as the most important painter in the post-Qianlong-Jiaqing period. . *** TITLE: "BUFFALO BOY" depicts a young boy riding a water buffalo, looking at and pointing to a bird one the crag on a tree branch. . Per the Guoji Shudian catalog, is cited and illustrated as: "BUFFALO & BOY, reproduced on rice paper" p.82. . This print is artist signed in block with Li's red cinnabar Yin Zhang [seal/chop]. . *** CONDITION: The work is NEW, UNUSED, in pristine condition, as issued, no marks or flaws whatsoever. In very fine "collector's condition." . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** REFERENCE: . Listed & illustrated in: ART DEPARTMENT, CHINA PUBLICATIONS CENTRE. [GUOJI SHUDIAN, Beijing]. CHINESE WOOD-BLOCK PRINTS, [Pinyin title: ZHONGGUO MU BAN SHUI YIN HUA. See page 82, item cat # 80-190-A40, publish date of this catalog not cited, we estimate it to be approximately [1952-1956]. . It was distributed and resold by Guoji Shudian. Consulting their catalog, this exact print was distributed and resold by Guoji Shudian, and is illustrated and cited on p.82. For clarity sake, we are illustrating the catalog cover and page 82 on our website as images: illus03.jpg & illus04.jpg. . NOTE: The above reference book is in stock, please view this on our website as book number: 980587. * -printmaking . ***.…