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Title

Huai Su is learning calligraphy; he plants banana trees to write on the leaf

1988

Artist

Ya Ming

China

1924 – 2002

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  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    China
    Date
    1988
    Media categories
    Scroll , Painting
    Materials used
    hanging scroll; ink on paper
    Dimensions
    68.5 x 45.0 cm image; 203.5 x 66.0 cm scroll
    Signature & date

    Signed and dated u.l., in Chinese, inscribed in black ink “the autumn of the year of Wucheng (1988)…Ya Ming”.
    Signed u.l., in Chinese, stamped in red ink "Yaming [artist's seal]".

    Credit
    Gift of the artist 1988
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    177.1997
    Artist information
    Ya Ming

    Works in the collection

    2

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    China

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

    • Art of the brush, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 23 Sep 1995–12 Nov 1995

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