Luo Jianwu (b. 1944) 羅建武
“Clear, Wondrous, Ancient, Strange” 清奇古怪, 2005-2013
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
621.0 x 74.3 cm. (244 1/2 x 29 1/4 in.)
Inscription: “Begun painting eight years ago, now finally completed, by the seventy-year-old elderly man Luo Jianwu.”
Artist’s seals:
1. Luo Jianwu (bottom right)
2. Suihan houdiao (bottom left) (“In the depths of winter [one knows] that [pines and cypress] are the last to wither,” a quote from Confucius)
3. Chenghuai (top right) (“Embracing purity”)
4. Holuo (top left) (“The River Luo”)
5. Chachi (lower right) (“Crazy for tea”)
6. Cong wu suo hao (upper left) (“Following what I love”)
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