Luo Jianwu (b. 1944)

“Han Dynasty Cypress” 2003-2011

Horizontal scroll, ink on paper (framed)
30.5 x 127 cm. (12 x 50 in.)

Inscriptions:
“Pure and odd, old and strange.”

“This cypress of the Han is two thousand years old, while the Republic is only one hundred years old. I took up my brush on this painting at age sixty (sui, i.e. in 2003) and completed at sixty-eight ((sui, i.e. in 2011). Luo Jianwu. Before my eyes what was pure has withered away.”

Artist’s seals:
Jianwu; Holuo (“The River Luo”)

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