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Qi Baishi (1863-1957)
Shrimp, 1946

Chinese, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art and Paintings

28 June 2016, 12:00 PDT

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Shrimp, 1946
Hanging scroll, now framed and glazed and laid onto foam core, ink on paper, inscribed by the artist with a dedication to Liuxian (Chu Chia-hua, 1893-1963), dated bingxu (1946) autumn eighth month, signed Qi Huang Baishi with one seal of the artist reading Baishi.
37 1/2 x 17 1/4in (95.25 x 43.8cm)

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齊白石蝦水墨紙本鏡框一九四六年作

Chu Chia-hua (朱家驊), who used the courtesy name Liu-hsien, was a major political figure during the Republic period, profoundly involved with education. He served as minister of education from 1932-1933 and again from 1944-1948. He was named president of Academia Sinica in 1940, following the death of Tsai Yuan-pei, and held the post until 1958, succeeded by Hu Shih.

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