Fish / Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.194
- Title
- Fish
- Artist
- Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1864-1957
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1920-1949
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Beijing (municipality)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Beijing (municipality)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Katsuizumi Sotokichi
- Inscription
- Signed and inscribed: I once painted Three Fish and inscribed it: painting is what I did in the time remaining after work, poetry in the time remaining after sleep, and calligraphy in the time remaining after carving. This is what I call the three remaining. (in Chinese, "fish" and "remaining" are pronounced the same)
- Pai-shih.
- Seal: (probably) Pai-shih.
- Dimensions
- 147.32 cm x 64.77 cm (58 in. x 25 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- bird and flower
- Physical Description
- The painting depicts three fishes below a calligraphic poem. The poem goes: "I once painted Three Fish and inscribed it: painting is what I did in the time remaining after work, poetry in the time remaining after sleep, and calligraphy in the time remaining after carving. This is what I call the three remaining." (in Chinese, "fish" and "remaining" are pronounced the same)
- Subject Matter
- Fish.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2272 x 2161
- File Size
- 134 KB
- Record
- 1949/1.194
- Link to this Item
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"Fish; Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1949-sl-1.194/1949_1.194.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2024.